[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 9, 1994]
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                      REMOVE MFN STATUS FROM CHINA

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, very shortly this House will begin debating 
something called most-favored-nation to China. I ask the question, why 
should China be a most-favored-nation to this country, a nation that 
does not practice free elections, a nation that does not give dignity 
to its people in the workplace, a nation that has no respect for the 
environment? If we look at the economics of it, and this is really 
important, I ask again why should we give most-favored-nation to China 
when in fact our trade deficit with them is now hemorrhaging over $30 
billion this year alone and they are sending us a piddling $7 million 
or $8 million if they allow our goods into their marketplace. That 
means our people lose jobs, their people gain jobs, and they work for 
nothing over there.
  Today in the Washington Post on the front page there is a story about 
Boeing going to be putting production that it makes currently in 
Wichita, KS, rear tail sections for airplanes, moving that to China. 
Why should we be granting most-favored-nation to China when in fact we 
should be granting most-favored-nation to our people here at home? Our 
people are the ones that need the wages, our people are the ones that 
need the work. I think it is absolutely abominable that we would be 
faced with voting for this measure today which will cost us over $30 
million in lost tariff revenue and do nothing to create good jobs here 
in the United States.

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