Republican Senators Introduce Bill to Revoke Permanent Most Favored Nation Status for China
A bill that would reverse permanent normal trade relations with China was introduced by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., on March 17. It would require annual presidential approval for most favored nation status, but…
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also would rewrite the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to say countries with trade abuses and human rights abuses would not be permitted to have MFN status. “For twenty years, China has held permanent most-favored-nation status, which has supercharged the loss of American manufacturing jobs. It’s time to protect American jobs and hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for their forced labor camps and egregious human rights violations,” Cotton said in a press release.