Mr. President. I met with Minnesota representatives and advocates of the Tibetan refugee community. They shared with me their very deep concerns about the plight of their people and their homeland. They shared the horrors of Chinese rule in Tibet and very strongly urged me to support conditioning MFN on Chinas human rights behavior. The Minnesotans. many of them newly arrived refugees. make a strong and compelling case. I admire their courage and determination to bring freedom and respect for basic human rights to Tibet. But after carefully considering their arguments and the debate here in the Senate. nothing has changed my basic belief that it is fundamentally Inappropriate for the United States. acting alone. to start and stop trade with other countries because of disputes over human rights matters.
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