[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6434]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REJECT MOST-FAVORED-NATION TRADING STATUS FOR CHINA'S DICTATORSHIP

  (Mr. ROHRBACHER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROHRBACHER. Mr. Speaker, we will be discussing most-favored-
nation status for China. Of course, Communist China is one of the worst 
violators, if not the worst violator, of human rights in the world. If 
not one of the worst, it is the worst in terms of stealing American 
technology and intellectual property rights. It is the worst violator 
of our agreements to stop nuclear proliferation.
  It is, of course, one of the most belligerent countries in the world 
toward its own neighbors. It is one of the worst protectionists. They 
have a totally unfair trading relationship with us, putting our people 
out of work, making tens of billions of dollars on that trading 
relationship. What do they do with those tens of billions of dollars? 
They are building up their military, plus they are bolstering their 
ability to copy our technology.
  What more does it take before this administration and the powers that 
be in this country realize that we should not be treating Communist 
China, this horrible violator of human rights, as we do other 
democratic nations? If we believe in free trade, let us have free trade 
between free people, instead of bolstering dictatorships all over the 
world with these favorable trade agreements at the expense of the 
American people. No most-favored-nation status for this dictatorship.

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