[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 64 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2684]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         DENY CHINA MFN STATUS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, China's trade surplus with America may 
exceed $50 billion this year, and experts say it is no accident.
  China smacks Uncle Sam right in the kisser with a 35-percent tariff 
on all goods and products. Thirty-five percent tariff. If that is not 
enough to wrap General Cho in a golden parachute, check this out. With 
that $50 billion from Uncle Sam, China, reports say, is now buying 
aircraft carriers, warships, nuclear submarines and intercontinental 
ballistic missiles.
  It does not take the Three Stooges to figure it out. China is not 
exactly creating a neighborhood crime watch over there. I say Congress 
should deny MFN to China and Congress should impose a 35-percent tariff 
until China removes their tariff.
  And let me say one last thing. A Congress that takes away a gun from 
a mugger will never be called a protectionist. This may boil the blood 
of some free traders, but China is ripping us off.

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