Free Republic

American businessmen and farmers are finally waking up to how they were sold a bill of goods by those who promised that China would be a profitable billion-mouth market if we just gave that developing country Most Favored Nation trade privileges and assisted its admission into the World Trade Organization (WTO). Like Claude Rains in Casablanca, the Bush Administration is "shocked, shocked" to discover that Communists don't play by the rules or keep their promises. Chinese behavior is so blatant that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans just went to Beijing for a week's visit to complain about China's trade...

Bush Opposes Repeal of NTR With China, Evans Says (Commerce Secretary's remarks in Minnesota Nov. 6) The Bush administration opposes recent congressional proposals to repeal China's normal trade relations (NTR) status and to impose a 27.5 percent tariff on Chinese exports to the United States, Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans said in remarks to the Minnesota and St. Paul Chambers of Commerce November 6. "[T]he Bush Administration opposes these proposals because free trade is the best policy for American workers in the long run," Evans said. However, he added, the proposed tariffs "should serve as a warning to the Chinese...