{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-rubio-hawley-introduce-legislation-to-end-permanent-normal-trade-relations-with-china", "Cotton, Rubio, Hawley Introduce Legislation to End Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China", "2024-09-26", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353\n\nSeptember 26, 2024\n\nCotton, Rubio, Hawley Introduce Legislation to End Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) today introduced The Neither Permanent Nor Normal Trade Relations Act to end Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with China.\n\n\u201cChina\u2019s Permanent Normal Trade Relations status has enriched the Chinese Communist Party while costing the United States millions of jobs. This comprehensive repeal of China\u2019s PNTR status and reform of the U.S.-China trade relationship will protect American workers, enhance our national security, and end the Chinese Communists\u2019 leverage over our economy,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\n\u201cGiving Communist China the same trade benefits that we give to our greatest allies was one of the most catastrophic decisions that our country has ever made. Our country\u2019s trade deficit with China more than quadrupled, and we exported millions of American jobs. Ending normal trade relations with China is a no-brainer,\u201d said Senator Rubio.\n\n\u201cMore than two decades ago, Washington elites granted China most favored nation trading status, enabling Beijing to exploit our working class. Congress must revoke this sweetheart deal to protect American workers from our greatest adversary and to bring back the millions of manufacturing jobs shipped overseas,\u201d said Senator Josh Hawley.\n\nText of the bill may be found here.\n\nThe Neither Permanent Nor Normal Trade Relations Act would:\n\nEnd PNTR for China.\n\nPhase-in tariffs for Chinese products over five years, including 100% tariffs for goods determined to be important to national security.\n\nEmpower the President to create supplementary quotas and tariffs to phase out Chinese imports and to institute overriding bans on specific Chinese goods.\n\nEnd de minimis treatment for covered nations\u2014including China\u2014and require customs brokers for other de minimis shipments.\n\nThe revenue produced will go towards farmers and manufacturers injured by potential Chinese retaliation, the purchase of key munitions important to a Pacific conflict, and paying down the debt.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-rubio-hawley-introduce-legislation-to-end-permanent-normal-trade-relations-with-china"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4609270729124546, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}