Bush II granted China permanent trade status.
This is simply another Cox Report. And the Chinese are right about what they said about the first one: The US had made two mistakes -- underestimating its own abilities in confidentiality and underestimating Chinese ability to develop military weapons.
China’s MFN status was made permanent on December 27, 2001. ... relations (PNTR) status in P.L. 106-286, President Clinton signed into law on October 10, 2000.