[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 53 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H2417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 OPPOSITION TO WTO FOR COMMUNIST CHINA

  (Mr. ROHRABACHER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. First and foremost, Mr. Speaker, I would like to 
commend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman) on the statement that 
he just made. All of us should be very united in this effort to draw a 
spotlight on what is going on in Iran. If the Iranian people, who I am 
convinced want to have better relations with the United States, then 
Iran must know that they cannot conduct this sham trial and brutally 
terrorize their Jewish population or any other part of their 
population. We need to pay attention to this and send a message to the 
Iranians that we want to have good relations with them.
  But what I wanted to mention today, and with my last 30 seconds, is 
that we have heard a lot about trade with China this morning and we 
will hear more about it. The trade that we have had with Communist 
China these last 10 years have not made this world a safer world. In 
fact, it has done nothing but build up the powerful forces in Communist 
China that now threaten the peace of the world.
  Furthermore, it has not worked to the benefit of the people of the 
United States. What we have in China is the building up of their 
infrastructure. Our trade with them is building up their technological 
capabilities; building them factories so that they can then export to 
the United States and get enough money to buy weapons in order to put 
us under a threat. I would oppose any of this WTO for China.

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