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Should the US continue China's privileged trade status?

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Yes
35% 109 votes Total: 309 votes
No
65% 200 votes
  • by Sweetsmile

    The answer is Yes. Why should the US continue China's privileged trade status? It is about the trade between countries, and the privileges are mutually given between most favo...read more

  • 2 of 13

    by Robert C. Sage

    The real question here is should the US decide trade policy based on politics or on economics? It is not merely a question of China, but also Cuba, Vietnam, Iran, Venezuela, No...read more

  • 3 of 13

    by The Yellow Labrador

    Of course the US should continue China's privileged trade status. Those who think that China's rise as an economic power hurts the US economy are deluding themselves. The only...read more

  • by Joe Bomb

    Trade is important in maintaining good relations with another nation. America has traded with China since the Revolutionary war. And ironically, America & China were never direc...read more

  • 5 of 13

    by Stoneheart

    How presumptuous to ask, "Should the U.S. continue China's privileged trade status?" The question conjures up visions of pompous Englishmen sitting around when there was still a...read more

  • 6 of 13

    by Melanie Miller

    The question is asked "should China and the U.S. continue the privileged trade agreement?" Yet the answer to that question isn't a simple yes or no. Yes, I am guilty of enjoyi...read more

  • 7 of 13

    by Michael Adesanwo

    Am from Nigeria, so if i would have been on of USA what i want to write would have be meaningful to the government if they are able to ready it or in any other way that he may g...read more

  • 8 of 13

    by Daniel Xiao Wang

    The question at issue here is What good would it do to remove China's privileged trade status? The answer is that it would do nothing but harm, add to inflationary pressures an...read more

  • 9 of 13

    by PhalseProfit

    Yes. But with conditions. Despite the MFN status and the boon to their economy the US is, the Chinese government still sees us as an enemy. Why do we do business with someone ...read more

  • 10 of 13

    by Laszlo Parakovits

    While not perfect the US trade relationship with China has been beneficial to the US and has led to substantial benefits in terms of lowering the cost of a wide range of manufac...read more

  • 11 of 13

    by Giddy

    With China growing steadily as a superpower, it is a safe bet that we should allow them privileged status. To many US Citizens, China might as well be from another planet. The...read more

  • 12 of 13

    by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

    Since when do the Republicans and Democrats talk about a special status for China or any country. The Republicans, Democrats and other mediocre people have the nerve to talk abo...read more

  • 13 of 13

    by Andrew Evans

    Why the U.S should continue China's privileged trading status We should continue China's trading status because China in this century will become the world's largest economy ...read more

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  • 1 of 23

    by T. M. Beeker

    The United States more specifically the Bush Administration has perpetuated the myth of human rights while the real deciding factor in diplomatic and trade relationships is mone...read more

  • 2 of 23

    by Nicholos Gene Poma B.S.

    In recent months there have been major product recalls on goods manufactured in China. We have seen anything from pet food, human food, to children's toys containing substances...read more

  • 3 of 23

    by Kat B

    The United States should remove China's privileged trade status. When the pet food recalls began, the finger was pointed at China. I thought when I saw the media attention t...read more

  • by Michael Allen Carvell

    Time to make our daily products like toys and clothes here in our country again this is not right for our companies to live under our democracy and use the unfair labor in china...read more

  • 5 of 23

    by Oscar Geiger

    Absolutely NOT, Look where we are today. We have become the newest 3rd world nation because of all the UNFAIR trade with China forced on us by our Government Gone Mad. China ...read more

  • 6 of 23

    by Stephen Carter

    The US has largely made the right decision: to separate matters of trade from matters of human rights and democratization. Perhaps the left's position on this is more sound: to ...read more

  • 7 of 23

    by Mr Business golf

    When the scales of US and China trade privileges becomes tilting towards China it is time to bring the market back into balance. China has chosen to compete in the world market...read more

  • 8 of 23

    by F.A. Mitchell

    Why US Businesses and Consumers Should not Over-Rely on China We have all heard about globalization and its benefits in today's economy. Most of us are even beneficiaries of ...read more

  • 9 of 23

    by Phil Hill

    Relationships are built on trust. How can the US possibly trust China with everything that has gone on in recent months? In the US and most of the Western world, we have stri...read more

  • 10 of 23

    by Marilyn Wright

    China is the biggest enemy we face. Al-Quida is the 2nd. China does not know the meaning of "Human Rights" . They imprison students and people that disagree with them. They...read more

  • 11 of 23

    by Icy Ice

    Now that China's economy is so strong, is there still a need for US to continue China's privileged trade status? Can we still justify awarding China the privileged status? W...read more

  • 12 of 23

    by Kevin Zarbock

    I am someone who isn't exactly a big fan of free trade to began with, and when you factor in the Chinese government into the equation in light of there lack of concern regarding...read more

  • 13 of 23

    by Robert Schneider

    I do not feel that China should have privileged trade status after all that has happened. It is this writers opinion that the US should cut back on importing products entirely w...read more

  • 14 of 23

    by Gregory Mayo

    China's privileged trade status was a bad idea for the American people when it was granted and it still is today. But, the idea behind it was not to benefit the American people ...read more

  • 15 of 23

    by Rob O'Hannon

    Absolutely not. But China will probably continue to enjoy its priviledged trade status as it has nothing to do with economics and all to do with politics. As the trade defici...read more

  • 16 of 23

    by Linda Eileen

    The US has to seriously look at the products that we get from China. First it was the pet food, and now children's toys being recalled due to lead paint. Popular toys that kid...read more

  • 17 of 23

    by Kelly Pfister

    The US should not continue China's privileged trade status. For starters, China has a rapidly growing economy that does not need special help. China artifically values it's cur...read more

  • 18 of 23

    by Joshua Zambrano

    No, America can not afford to continue China's privileged trade status. Those who say otherwise are looking at it from a company perspective, a business perspective. But l...read more

  • 19 of 23

    by Ian Nilsen

    China is a relatively hot button topic these days, and with all the talk about unregulated, low-quality goods being sent to the United States, they should be forced to clean up ...read more

  • 20 of 23

    by Ted Lee

    In April, pets in the United States mysteriously started dying off, which was traced to poisoned dog food filled with melamine, a fake protein filler derived from coal. In June,...read more

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