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Failure to renew China's MFN status could provoke an all-out trade war between China and the U.S. The Chinese government could impose high tariffs on American products and effectively threaten many of the 200,000 U.S. jobs that depend on the $9 billion in goods and services that the U.S. exports to China. Giant companies like Boeing and AT&T would quickly be overtaken by their Japanese and European competitors...
...removal of a cap on arms sales to Taiwan, the U.S. has already taken measures to rebuff China for its recent human rights abuses. Denying China its MFN status in addition to these politically punitive actions would be an excessive measure that would probably worsen Sino-American relations, and threaten free trade...
Thank you for reporting on the people who are stirring up a witches' brew of vilification against the Clintons ((POLITICS, April 11)). The despicable actions of these hatemongers, whether motivated by greed, jealousy or revenge, threaten the well-being of the U.S. In these difficult times our nation desperately needs the great leadership that President Clinton is able to provide. Let us pray that he and his wonderful wife survive and succeed in spite of these sharks...
Play or sit, but don't whine and threaten. That's not what the game's about...
Though Bush's dismissal may not be an uncontentious claim, the conflict brewing in the Balkans at least is not an American problem. U.S. interests are not materially at stake, nor does the conflict threaten to spread into a continent-wide conflagration...