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prEsiDEntClinton’s DECision onApr. 8 to sEnDChinEsE prEmiEr zhu rongji pACking without An AgrEEmEnt onChinA’s Entry into thE worlD trADE orgAnizAtion sEEmED to BE A mAssivE misCAlCulAtion. thE prEsiDEnt took A DruBBing From muCh oF thE prEss, whiCh hAD BrEAthlEssly rEportED thAt A DEAl wAs in thE BAg. thECABinEt AnD whitE housE still AppEArED DiviDED, AnD BusinEss lEADErs wErE ChArACtErizED As Furious ovEr thE lost opportunity. zhu ChArgED thAtClinton lACkED "thE CourAgE" to rEACh An ACCorD、AnD whEnClinton lAtEr tElEphonED thE Angry zhu to plEDgE A rEnEwED EFFort At nEgotiAtions, thE gEsturE wAs wiDEly portrAyED As A Flip-Flop.
in FACt,Clinton mADE thE right DECision in holDing out For A BEttEr wto DEAl.A、lot morE horsE trADing is nEEDED BEForE A FinAl AgrEEmEnt CAn BE rEAChED、AnD without thEADministrAtion’s goAl oF A "BullEt-prooF AgrEEmEnt" thAt BusinEss loBByists CAn EnthusiAstiCAlly sEll to A rEpuBliCAnCongrEss, thE wholE proCEss will EnD up in pArtisAn ACrimony thAt CoulD hArm rElAtions withChinA For yEArs.
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E、hArD、pArt. mAny BusinEss loBByists, whilE DisAppointED thAt thE DEAl wAs not ClosED, AgrEE thAt BEttEr tErms CAn still BE hAD、AnD trEAsury sECrEtAry roBErt
E、ruBin, nAtionAlEConomiCCounCilDirECtor gEnEB、spErling,CommErCE sECrEtAry williAm m.DAlEy, AnD top trADE nEgotiAtorChArlEnEBArshEFsky All ADvisEDClinton thAt whilE thEChinEsE hAD mADE A rEmArkABlE numBEr oF ConCEssions, "wE’rE not thErE yEt," ACCorDing to sEnior oFFiCiAls.
nEgotiAting with zhu ovEr thE rEmAining issuEs mAy BE thE EAsy pArt.Although’Clinton CAn signAl u. s. ’ApprovAl ForChinA’s Entry into thE wto himsElF, hE nEEDsCongrEss to grAntBEijing pErmAnEnt most-FAvorED-nAtion stAtus As pArt oF A BroAD trADE ACCorD、AnD thE tEmptAtion For mEDDling onCApitAl hill mAy provE ovEr-whElming. zhu hAD BArEly lAnDED BEForE sEnAtE mAjority lEADEr trEnt lott (r-miss) DEClArED himsElF skEptiCAl thAtChinA DEsErvED Entry into thE wto.AnD sEnAtors jEssEA、hElms (r-n.C、) AnDEmEst F. hollingsD-s.C、) promisED to intro4uCE A Bill rEquiring CongrEssionAl ApprovAl oF Any DEAl.
thE hiDDEn mEssAgE From thEsE thrEE tExtilE-stAtE southErnErs: gEt morE protECtion For thE u. s. Clothing inDustry. hoping to smooth thE wAy, thEADministrAtion triED, But FAilED, to BuDgE zhu on tExtilEs.Also lEFt in thE lurCh: wAll strEEt, hollywooD, AnDDEtroit. zhu rEFusED to opEn up muCh oF thE luCrAtivEChinEsE sECuritiEs mArkEt AnD insistED on "CulturAl" rEstriCtions onAmEriCAn moviEs AnD musiC、hE Also BloCkED EFForts to Allow u. s. Auto mAkErs to proviDE FlEEt FinAnCing.
Big joB、AlrEADy, BusinEss loBByists ArE BlAnkEtingCApitol hill to prEsAlE Any EvEntuAl AgrEEmEnt, But whAt thEy’vE hEArD so FAr isn’t EnCourAging. rEpuBliCAns, inCluDing lott, sAy thAt "thE timE just isn’t right" For thE DEAl. trAnslAtion: wE’rE DEtErminED to mAkE it look As iFClinton hAs CApitulAtED to thEChinEsE AnD is ignoring humAn, rEligious, AnD lABor rights violAtions; thE thEFt oF nuClEAr-wEApons tEChnology; AnD thE sAlE oF missilE pArts to :AmEriCA’s EnEmiEs.BEijing’s FiErCE CritiCs within thEDEmoCrAtiC pArty, suCh As sEnAtor pAulD、wEllstonE oF minnEsotA AnD housE minority lEADEr riChArDA、gEphArDt oF missouri, won’t hElp, EithEr.
just how tough thE loBBying joB onCApitol hill will BE BEComE ClEAr onApr. 20, whEn ruBin lECturED 19ChiEF ExECutivEs on thE nEED to DisCiplinE thEir rEpuBliCAn AlliEs. with BusinEss AnD thE whitE housE still trADing ChArgEs ovEr who is rEsponsiBlE For thE DEFEAt oF FAst-trACk trADE nEgotiAting lEgislAtion in 1997, working togEthEr won’t BE EAsy.AnD rEptjBliCAns-with A wink sAy thAt thEy’ll EvEntuAlly EmBrACEChinA’s Entry into thE wto As A FAvor toCorporAtEAmCriCA、though not long BEForE thEy torturEClinton.But zhu is out on A limB, AnD iFCongrEss ovErDoEs thE CritiCism, hE mAy BE ForCED B