"The
United States should revoke China’s PNTR status and refuse to treat
China as a free-trade partner, notwithstanding the WTO requirement to do
so. Congress voted to suspend Russia’s PNTR status after the invasion
of Ukraine, and China’s much graver long-term threat and more flagrant
trade violations merit at least as strong a response. By default, all
products from China would be subject to the higher tariff rates that
apply to nations not granted PNTR, like Cuba. Congress would need to
make regular policy determinations about how to regulate trade with
China, as it did before it relinquished its authority to the WTO. By
rescinding PNTR status, the United States would signal to China that it
will no longer tolerate open violation of trade norms and to the global
community that American trade policy will be dictated by American
interests. It would also discourage American investors and corporations
from doing business in China."