> Official Press Release from Buchanan Headquarters > For Immediate Release: May 20, 1996 > > Buchanan: Clinton's China Policy is Appeasement > > "The United States of America, the beacon of liberty and freedom, > will be saying to the communists in Beijing, it is okay if you keep > producing shoes for America with slave labor, just don't pirate any > Madonna records." -Pat Buchanan > > McLean, VA -- Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan today > called President Clinton's move to renew China's Most Favored Nation > trading privileges "an act of economic, moral and military > appeasement." > > "Mr. Clinton's decision to renew for communist China the same favored > trading status we give Great Britain is an act of economic, moral and > military appeasement. Both parties in Congress should move to reject > MFN. > > "For the Republican Party, this will be a defining moment: Do we > stand with Bill Clinton, or do we stand by the values that made us a > congressional majority? Do we love trade more than we loathe tyranny? > > "Mr. Clinton's recent threat to impose sanctions on a tiny segment of > Chinese exports, in retaliation for Chinese pirating of American > compact discs and software, seems today like nothing more than > political posturing. The United States of America, the beacon of > liberty and freedom, will be saying to the communists in Beijing, it > is okay if you keep producing shoes for America with slave labor, > just don't pirate our Madonna records. > > "China is potentially the greatest rogue nation on earth. It > exploits conscript and slave labor to produce goods for export. It > maintains a one-child-per-couple population policy, enforced by > coercive abortion, that has led to widespread infanticide of female > babies. And there are now more Christians imprisoned in China for > their faith than in any other country on earth. > > "Beyond this monstrous record on human rights, China has become a > threat to U.S. friends and allies. It has sold missiles to Iran, > nuclear technology to Pakistan, and has launched rockets at the ports > of Taiwan to disrupt a democratic election. > > "All this is financed by a burgeoning trade surplus built on the > backs of American workers. Last year our trade deficit with China, > driven by the 30 percent tariffs China imposes on U.S. goods, rose to > $34 billion. That killed at least 700,000 American jobs. Soon, the > US-China trade deficit may exceed our trade deficit with Japan. > > "If President Clinton won't put American values and American workers > first by canceling Most Favored Nation trading privileges for > communist China, Congress should do it for him." > > >
