Number: 98-603 Title: CHINA'S MOST-FAVORED-NATION STATUS: CONRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION, 1989-1997 Authors: Kerry Dumbaugh, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division Abstract: This report provides detailed analysis of congressional legislative action on China's MFN status for each year from 1989 to present. It includes analysis of the legislative trends throughout the period, the political climate between the United States and China, and the dynamics between successive Congresses and the Bush and Clinton Administrations. It concludes with the implications of these trends for future actions on MFN status for China. Pages: 37 Date: Updated August 1, 1998