RNC’s Draft 2024 Platform Includes Revoking China’s Preferred Trade Status

Published on July 10, 2024

The Republican National Committee (RNC) plans to cancel the most favored nation status of the Chinese regime as part of a push to restore fair trade around the world, according to the party’s draft 2024 party platform. The most favored nation status, a U.S. legal designation granted to some foreign trading partners, was given to China as part of the negotiations heading into its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2000. Prior to 2000, China’s most favored nation status was regularly reviewed. Revoking the most favored nation status, which has given China permanent trading privileges for 24 years, would help the United States secure strategic independence from the Chinese regime, according to the 16-page “Make America Great Again!” platform, which sets out the Republican party’s agenda for the next four years....