World IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON : U.S. Ready to Renew China Trade Status
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
President Clinton will renew most-favored-nation trade privileges for China despite frictions over human rights and other problems, said Anthony Lake, his national security adviser. The President has until June 3 to announce whether he will renew China’s trade privileges, which allow China to export its goods to the United States under the lowest possible tariffs. Last year, Clinton bowed to pressure from business interests and severed the link between China’s trade status and its human rights record.
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