Trade Organization, because member nations in the World Trade Organization are not allowed to revote trade status or increase tariffs on imports to member nations in the World Trade Organization after admittance, which would happen if Permanent Normal Trade Status were revoked.Negative aspects are that with concessions the support will lower and the length of the time that the bill is debated will be longer. This is extremely important because President Clinton and the Speaker of the House Dennis Hasert have stated that the longer that the bill is delayed the harder it will be to pass it, because of "election politics". Also an issue at hand that surfaces when considering this foreign policy option is that "burdening the trade bill with partisan baggage could destabilize the entire effort. Added requirements for the U.S. investors in China to hew to stringent labor and environmental standards, and businesses and the GOP could rebel. Also if conservative provisions for weapons sales to Taiwan, and Democrats might desert the coalition, along with Beijing. To further complicate matters, some add-ons may even run afoul of World Trade Organization rules if they link trade privileges to performance on such matters as human rights or the environment"(Magnussion 66). This problem just means that as concessions and amendments are tacked onto the provision that would grant Permanent Normal Trade Status to China the likelihood that the bill will not pass congress increases. After taking into consideration all of the facts from the three different foreign policy options, both positive and negative, I recommend that that the foreign policy that should be enacted is to allow normal trade status to be instilled on China, providing that certain concessions be met. This I feel is the best policy option because it allows for great economic gain and it does not surrender the bargaining ground the United States has in reviewing the trade status of China an...
