Every year China promises to open its market to American products. Every year Congress grants most-favored-nation status to China, yet nothing seems to change, and we are about to do it again. MFN is a job killer for America. MFN is a job killer for America because China refuses to open its markets. MFN is a job killer for America because China uses slave labor and prison labor camps. MFN is a job killer for America because China uses child labor to make things, like this Mattel Barbie doll and this Spalding softball. Twelve-year-old Tibetan boys and girls in Chinese slave labor camps making these softballs for 12-year-old American boys and girls to use on America's playgrounds, Chinese children making these Barbie dolls in sweatshops so American children can play with them in their bedrooms. When will this stop? When will we in this Congress say enough is enough? Kill MFN.
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Addressing the implications of granting most-favored-nation status to China.
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