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PassageOne(ClintonIsRight)
PresidentClinton’sdecisiononApr.8tosendChinesePremierZhuRongjipackingwithoutan
agreementonChina’sentryintotheWorldTradeOrganizationseemedtobeamassivemiscalculation.The
Presidenttookadrubbingfrommuchofthepress,whichhadbreathlesslyreportedthatadealwasinthebag.
TheCabinetandWhitHousestillappeareddivided,andbusinessleaderswerecharacterizedasfuriousover
thelostopportunity.ZhuchargedthatClintonlacked“thecourage”toreachanaccord.AndwhenClintonlater
telephonedtheangryZhutopledgearenewedeffortatnegotiations,thegesturewaswidelyportrayedasa
flip-flop.
Infact,ClintonmadetherightdecisioninholdingoutforabetterWTOdeal.Alotmorehorsetradingis
neededbeforeafinalagreementcanbereached.AndwithouttheAdministration’sgoalofa“bullet-proof
agreement”thatbusinesslobbyistscanenthusiasticallyselltoaRepublicanCongress,thewholeprocesswill
endupinpartisanacrimonythatcouldharmrelationswithChinaforyears.
THEHARDPART.Manybusinesslobbyists,whiledisappointedthatthedealwasnotclosed,agreethat
bettertermscanstillbehad.AndTreasurySecretaryRobertE.Rubin,NationalEconomicCouncilDirector
GeneB.Sperling,CommerceSecretaryWilliamM.Daley,andtoptradenegotiatorCharleneBarshefskyall
advisedClintonthatwhiletheChinesehadmadearemarkablenumberofconcessions,“we’renotthereyet,”
accordingtoseniorofficials.
NegotiatingwithZhuovertheremainingissuesmaybetheeasypart.AlthoughClintoncansignalU.S.
approvalforChina’sentryintotheWTOhimself,heneedsCongresstograntBeijingpermanent
most-favored-nationstatusaspartofabroadtradeaccord.AndthetemptationformeddlingonCapitalHill
mayproveover-whelming.ZhuhadbarelylandedbeforeSenateMajorityLeaderTrentLott(R-Miss)declared
himselfskepticalthatChinadeservedentryintotheWTO.AndSenatorsJesseA.Helms(R-N.C.)andEmestF.
Hollings(D-S.C.)promisedtointroduceabillrequiringcongressionalapprovalofanydeal.
Thehiddenmessagefromthesethreetextile-stateSoutherners:GetmoreprotectionfortheU.S.
clothingindustry.Hopingtosmooththeway,theAdministrationtried,butf