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On the recordJuly 16, 1998
I must voice my concern over the provision regarding extending most-favored-nation trading status to China. For more than 20 years, the Pacific Northwest has been unable to break China's ban on our wheat. In addition, China has consistently barred imports of our apples and other high quality commodities. With these obvious barriers to American agriculture, I question the wisdom of extending MFN to China when it refuses to open its agricultural markets to our produce. I have serious reservations regarding extending MFN status for China, but because of the dire situation facing the family farm in America, I will support Senator Grassley's sense-of-the-Senate.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington
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Expressing concerns about extending most-favored-nation status to China during Senate debate.

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