China and US relations
Economic issues increasingly define the United States' foreign policy toward China, one of America's most important trading partners. While exerting diplomatic pressure to bring a resolution of China's abusive policies on human rights and regional aggression, the Clinton administration has been careful to preserve trading ties. To do otherwise might jeopardize certain financial interests of American big business. While Clinton's strategy makes economic sense, it does little to address issues of East Asian security, a pressing national interest of the American people. The expansion of trade has always figured prominently in President Clinton's foreign policy agenda. For instance, Clinton's economic program included the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and a new trading agreement negotiated by the member nations of GATT (the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, now renamed the World Trade Organization). Early in his administration, Clinton exhibited a tough stance against China by threatening heavy punitive tariffs on imports as a way of pressuring Beijing to halt the black-market pirating of U.S. movies, CDs, and computer software: "China has followed the Third World line in taking full advantage of Western p
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Approximate Word count = 1863
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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