[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      CHINA NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I want to build a strong relationship 
between the United States and China, but the normal trade relations 
China enjoys with the United States have done little to build a strong 
and mutually beneficial relationship between our two nations. It 
promotes few of our values or of our economic interests. China has 
engaged in unfair trade practices, pirated intellectual property, 
spread weapons and dangerous technology to rogue nations, suppressed 
democracy, denied its citizens religious freedom, and engaged in human 
rights abuses.
  In so doing, China has gladly profited. Our trade deficit with China 
has mushroomed from $17.8 billion in 1999 to over $100 billion in 2000.
  The United States should use our trade laws with China to pressure 
for greater access for American companies and goods. I oppose NTR for 
China because we need to let China know that more of the same is not 
acceptable. It is vital that we insist on fair and equal standards in 
compliance with all aspects of our trade laws. Until this happens, I 
cannot support NTR.

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