… international order, will find sooner or later that these two silos collapse into each Other as damaging as our willingness to extend strategic trust where it had been not earned. China's accession to the WTO and the granting of permanent normal trade relations were sold to the American people as steps that would level markets and moderate behavior. Instead, we left our workers to compete against state led subsidies, excess capacity and practices that distort trade and undermine reciprocity. (03:46–03:59)
CLAIM
Asserts that China's WTO accession was intended to level markets and moderate behavior.
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