[3Fingas]

I remember when the issues of “Most Favored Nation” trading status for China and WTO membership were under consideration, I called my Senators and Congressman on both occasions and asked them to vote against both measures. They did not listen to me. They were so-called “free-traders” like so many other confused Republicans then and now.

[1rudeboy]

I remember when folks understood what “MFN,” and “free-trader” actually meant. Now, protectionists throw the words around like candy. Suffice it to say, a free-trader wishing free trade with China would advocate a Free Trade Agreement, instead of the tariffs allowed under MFN.

[rurgan]

You called it right way back then.

[khelus]

I remember when the issues of “Most Favored Nation” trading status for China and WTO membership were under consideration, I called my Senators and Congressman on both occasions and asked them to vote against both measures. They did not listen to me. They were so-called “free-traders” like so many other confused Republicans then and now.

"The fine print in China's WTO agreement was in an attached document euphemistically labeled an "accession agreement," which gave China status as a "nonmarket economy" and spelled out thousands of details about special preferences for China