WASHINGTON: Republican US presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Sunday (Jul 9) he would take steps to revoke China's permanent normal trade relations status if he won the 2024 White House race. 'I favour doing that. I think we probably need Congress but I would take executive act
WASHINGTON: Republican US presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Sunday he would take steps to revoke China's permanent normal trade relations status if he won the 2024 White House race.
The US Senate voted in 2000 to grant that status to China as it prepared to join the World Trade Organization. Any step to remove it would also need congressional approval. The status is a legal designation in the United States for free trade with a foreign nation.
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