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ON 22 APRIL SENATOR MITCHELL AND CONGRESSWOMAN INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO CONDITION MFN AFTER JUNE 1994 LEGISLATION, CLOSELY MODELLED ON LAST YEAR'S, CALLS ON MFN TO BE SUSPENDED FOR PRODUCTS OF STATE OWNED AND STATE OPERATED ENTERPRISES AFTER JUNE 1994 UNLESS CLINTON CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, TRADE, AND WEAPONS PROLIFERATION.

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AT A PRESS CONFERENCE INTRODUCING THE LEGISLATION, MITCHELL' SAID IT WAS NOT HIS INTENTION TO ISOLATE CHINA, NOR TO TERMINATE TRADE WITH CHINA. HIS AIM WAS TO GET THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO

CHANGE POLICIES WHICH HE BELIEVED WERE WRONG. HE SAID THE LEGISLATION ASKED CHINA TO RESPECT THE COMMITMENTS CHINA HAD FREELY UNDERTAKEN WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, LEGAL TRADING PRACTICES, THE EXPORT OF PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY SLAVE LABOUR, AND THE INTERNATIONAL NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

3. MITCHELL'S STAFFERS TOLD ME THAT THE ONLY CHANGES IN THE BILL FROM LAST YEAR ARE TOUGHENING OF THE LANGUAGE ABOUT TIBET, AND AN ATTEMPT TO CLARIFY THE MEANING OF STATE OWNED OR STATE OPERATED ENTERPRISES. I WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF THE BILL BY BAG.

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MITCHELL'S STAFFERS TOLD ME FOR EARLY HEARINGS ON THE BILL. HOW THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY

PUSH LEGSISLATION.

THAT THEY DID NOT INTEND TO PUSH MITCHELL WANTED TO WAIT AND SEE FIRMED UP BEFORE DECIDING HARD TO

5. IN RESPONSE TO THE BILL'S INTRODUCTION THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED THE

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