[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 89 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            TRADE WITH CHINA

  (Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the House will again 
debate the continuation of normal trade relations with China. This 
debate has become the whipping post on which to affix our concerns with 
a host of issues which we have affecting China.
  Some opponents of trade with China, while doing a good job in 
publicizing the Chinese Government's atrocities, are short-sighted. So, 
we cease trading with China? Then what? Do we end diplomatic relations 
with China? Do we blockade China? Our relations are far, far too 
complicated to be lumped into a single vote on continuing normal trade 
relations with China.
  The House should debate a comprehensive China bill that will give the 
American people and China full knowledge of the consequences of their 
behavior and what our response will be. I urge my colleagues to 
continue normal trade relations with China. We cannot burn our trade 
with China on the short-sighted assumption that China, a new China, 
will be born of its ashes.

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