U.S. Free Trade with China

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U.S. Free Trade with China

Sino-American relations have always been characterized as complex and

tumultuous. Presently, the United States must reach a decision that would drastically

affect the politics, environments, militaries, technology, and most importantly the

economies of both nations. This problem the United States must face is whether it ought

to allow China's entry into the World Trade Organization. There is much hesitation in

taking such steps as American protectionists are weary of a nation whose expanding

economy could further "Chinese influence in American politics as a result of Donorgate;

continued doubts about Beijing's dismal human rights record; and worries about the U.S.

trade imbalance with China- $40 billion and growing." (Shribman 44) Yet there are also

many benefits to free trade which outweigh the negative. Sino-American free trade will

boost US sales to the world's most populous nation, while building diplomatic relations,

and ultimately liberalizing China both politically and socially. (Christian Science Monitor

98)

China, a country in East Asia, is the world's third largest country by area

(after Russia and Canada) and the largest by population. China's most populous city is

its capital, Beijing. Officially People's Republic of China, it is bounded on the north by

the Republic of Mongolia and Russia; on the northeast by Russia and North Korea; on

the east by the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea; on the south by the South China Sea,

Vietnam, Laos, Burma (Myanmar), India, Bhutan, and Nepal; on the west by Pakistan,

Afghanistan, and Tajikistan; and on the northwest by Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. China

includes more than 3400 offshore islands, of which Hainan, in the S...

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...Offer From China We Shouldn't Refuse" Business Week, April 26,

1999, p120.

Shribman, David. "Going to the Brink Over Trade" Fortune. June 9, 1997, p44-45.

Weidenbaum, Murray. "The Future of Sino-American Relations" Orbis. Spring 1999,

p223-236.

-------------------. "Zhu--No Innocent Abroad" Christian Science Monitor. April 16,

1999, p10.

Bibliography:

Works Cited

Butler, C. Orton. "China" Encarta 1996. (Encyclopedia on CD ROM).

-------------------. "An Offer From China We Shouldn't Refuse" Business Week, April 26,

1999, p120.

Shribman, David. "Going to the Brink Over Trade" Fortune. June 9, 1997, p44-45.

Weidenbaum, Murray. "The Future of Sino-American Relations" Orbis. Spring 1999,

p223-236.

-------------------. "Zhu--No Innocent Abroad" Christian Science Monitor. April 16,

1999, p10.

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