Asa Hutchinson: “I hope we will use that leverage for human rights and nuclear nonproliferation across the board. But certainly there are…”

“I hope we will use that leverage for human rights and nuclear nonproliferation across the board. But certainly there are trade issues that are critically important. We have almost a $60 billion deficit with China. They have great barriers there, and we cannot lower the standards just so we can have a political announcement and have a gift that we are providing the Chinese by saying we are going to support your accession to the World Trade Organization. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment--not to table it but pass the amendment and let the administration know how seriously we take this issue, and that as a coequal branch of Government we should be able to approve or disapprove whether China goes into the WTO.”