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think removing them from MFN status would serve to illustrate they might still need us more than they realize.
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MFN was renamed "Normal Trade Relations" in 1998, so it technically doesn't exist as a term here in the states anymore. Only two countries (Cuba and North Korea) don't have it. Everyone else does. Besides, it only applies to tariffs anyway. You could still put in place restrictive non-tariff trade barriers or embargoes. So in reality it's not a big deal that China has it.