[ale] OT: H1B

[F. Grant Robertson]

Actually no, it was Carter, in 1979.  It was Nixon that attempted to grant it to Russia in 1974, but that is what initiated the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff(1930, Amended 1934 to include MFN status) that attempted to tie MFN status to free emmigration. Congress again sought the power to change Jackson-Vanik by linking MFN status to human rights and anti-nuclear proliferation in 1989, after Tiennimen Square. The Bush (41) administration fought against it, and it was eventually put in to play in the early 90's by the Clinton administration. This shift in policy led to threats on US business' contracts with the Chinese government, as well as the jailing of more dissidents in China. Clinton however backed down from this stance in 1994, when he again extended China's MFN status despite their non-compliance with policy.

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On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 12:10, F. Grant Robertson wrote:
>  Who was it that granted China MFN trade status?

Nixon. 1972.

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