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I am very pleased to say that those discussions with the Administration have been successful. Today, the President transmitted to me a letter detailing a number of measures the Administration plans to take to address our concerns wich
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The letter is quite extensive. With its annexes it runs 20 pages and outlines concrete steps that will be taken to address each of our concerns with China. But there are five provisions I would like to particularly highlight.
First, the Administration has agreed to reinvigorate its opposition to multilateral loans to China until it improves its human rights record. The President personally pressed our G-7 allies to support the U.S. position on multilateral lending to China at the recent London Summit,
Second, the Administration has committed to use Section 301 of U.S. trade law to open the Chinese market. If current negotiations do not yield results next month, the U.S. will self-initiate Section 301 investigations of major Chinese trade barriers.
Third, The Administration has committed to crack down on imports of goods produced by slave labor. A major Customs Service investigation will be launched to enforce U.S. laws against slave labor imports. And until an agreement is concluded with China to stop all exports of slave labor goods to the U.S., an embargo will be placed on imports of products suspected of having been made with slave labor.
Fourth, the Administration has outlined a vigorous policy to force China to halt its role in spreading nuclear materials and missiles, Negotiations are now underway to convince China to abide by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the Missile Technology Control Regime. If those negotiations fail, the President is prepared to employ unilateral trade sanctions.
Finally, the Administration has agreed to support Taiwan's application to join the GATT. This is a significant break in U.S. policy. It is a strong signal that the U.S. will not allow China to dictate its policy toward Taiwan. It is also a step that is clearly in the best economic interest of the U.S. and the world trading community.
The Administration also made a number of other commitments that are fully detailed in the President's letter.
In my view, the steps that the Administration is now taking with regard to China are long overdue.
But they are now being taken.
Make no mistake about it, I hope further action will be taken, especially with regard to human rights in China.
But the President has belatedly articulated a policy that
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