[nonliberal]

China's entire economic growth is based on its trade surplus with the United States. If we revoked MFN (or PNTR) we could, and should, bring yet another communist country to its knees.

[AIG]

That's not correct. Whereas 40-70% of most other Asian nations' GDP's are derived from exports, that figure is just 20% for China. China is a lot different from other Asian economies because it has a large domestic market in and of itself. For instance, China is the #1 market in the world now for cell phones and PC's.