{"id":1394345,"date":"2022-03-22T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394345"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:16:47","slug":"heinous-human-rights-atrocities-bipartisan-legislation-aims-to-relink-chinas-human-rights-record-with-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heinous-human-rights-atrocities-bipartisan-legislation-aims-to-relink-chinas-human-rights-record-with-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heinous Human Rights Atrocities\u2019: Bipartisan Legislation Aims To Relink China\u2019s Human Rights Record With Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheinous-human-rights-atrocities-bipartisan-legislation-aims-to-relink-chinas-human-rights-record-with-trade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would strip China of its favored nation status in response to its \u201cheinous human rights atrocities,\u201d according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Republican New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/chrissmith.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/hr_7193.pdf\">China Trade Relations Act of 2022<\/a>\u201d would serve to relink \u201cChina\u2019s trade status with its record on human rights and requires annual affirmation by the President that the Chinese government is making serious and sustained improvement in respecting human rights in order to achieve normal trade relations status,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=j&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fchrissmith.house.gov%2Fnews%2Fdocumentsingle.aspx%3FDocumentID%3D409816&#038;uct=1646786673&#038;usg=9YxjLCOcKvsZb5gefetkHJMW4JA.&#038;source=chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a press release. The legislation is co-sponsored by Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi of New York and Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/11\/joe-biden-allies-push-strip-russia-most-favored-nation-status\/\">follows<\/a> President Joe Biden\u2019s March 11 proclamation that removed Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia in light of its military actions in Ukraine. Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/08\/joe-biden-ban-russian-oil-invasion-ukraine\/\">announcement<\/a> comes on the heels of a U.S. import ban on Russian energy.<\/p>\n<p>The People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC), which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2021-02\/04\/c_139721804.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> a \u201cno limit\u201d relationship with Moscow on Feb. 4, has remained relatively neutral since Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/24\/congress-call-sanctions-russia-invasion-ukraine\/\">invaded<\/a> Ukraine on Feb. 24, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7395923\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7395923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his China\u2019s counterpart Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony following the Russian-Chinese talks on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 11, 2018. (Photo by SERGEI CHIRIKOV \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo credit should read SERGEI CHIRIKOV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s support for Russia \u2014 which itself is likely to lose PNTR status due to Putin\u2019s aggression against Ukraine \u2014 has made this reappraisal of granting China preferential trade treatment especially timely,\u201d Smith said in the press release.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?57313-1\/china-favored-nation-status-reaction\">opposed<\/a> former President Bill Clinton\u2019s decision to renew China\u2019s most favored nation status in 1994, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cecc.gov\/smith\">co-chairman<\/a> of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, an organ which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cecc.gov\/about\">mandated<\/a> to \u201cmonitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in China,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party has gotten a pass for its gross human rights violations while benefiting tremendously by stealing American jobs and growing into the economic superpower it is today,\u201d Smith said in the press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany if not most business and political leaders have long bought into the \u2018China Fantasy\u2019 that overlooks human rights abuses while asserting that increased trade will make China more like us,\u201d the New Jersey Republican said, according to the press release. \u201cIt was not true then and it\u2019s not true now.\u201d <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Bipartisan%20Legislation%20Proposes%20Withdrawal%20Of%20Normal%20Trade%20Relations%20With%20Communist%20China\">(RELATED: Below Their Lines: American Corporations Cancel Russia But Remain Silent On Uyghur Genocide)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would strip China of its favored nation status in response to its \u201cheinous human rights atrocities,\u201d according to a press release.Republican<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":510,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1394345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/510"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1394345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1394345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}