Dennis Kucinich said "Precisely the point, I say to the gentleman. Proponents of permanent MFN for China like to say that once the U.S. gives permanent MFN to China, exports are going to continue to grow. Since industries exporting to China employ Americans, permanent MFN must be good for America, that is what we are told. But I really wonder if it is that simple. For example, if the gentleman were told, or if we were told that the Yankees, I will say Yankees because they are in our American League, if the Yankees scored 6 runs in a ball game, could we conclude that the Yankees won?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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Precisely the point, I say to the gentleman. Proponents of permanent MFN for China like to say that once the U.S. gives permanent MFN to China, exports are going to continue to grow. Since industries exporting to China employ Americans, permanent MFN must be good for America, that is what we are told. But I really wonder if it is that simple. For example, if the gentleman were told, or if we were told that the Yankees, I will say Yankees because they are in our American League, if the Yankees scored 6 runs in a ball game, could we conclude that the Yankees won?

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Dennis Kucinich

Independent · Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of granting permanent Most Favored Nation status to China.

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