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So I think that it's better to address China in
a dialogue on human rights rather than to take blanket
economic or trading decisions which are unlikely to have,
in my judgment, very much affect on those you would regard
as the bad guys, even though they have quite a lot of
affect on those who you would regard as the good guys.
mean.
Let me tell you
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give you an example of what I
The Wall Street Journal in a leading article a
couple of days ago said that to revoke MPN wouldn't have
all that much affect, it didn't believe, on people at the
top, but it would have a tremendous affect on all those
hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Chinese citizens
who, because they had started to take up a position in the
market, had started to be able to flex their muscles, at
least as economic animals, in the sort of way of which we
would all approve. I think it is better to help continue
that economic process, that process of economic liberalism
and economic freedom, rather than risk shutting it off.
MR. BERGER: What is your view of the Clinton
administration's stance on textile trade? Do you seek the
free flow of textile trade or further restrictions?
GOVERNOR PATTEN: Can I just add one footnote to
what I was saying a moment or two ago, because I think
it's an important point for us to make and it's a point
that I made to both Senator Mitchell yesterday and
Representative Pelosi.
There isn't
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