House China Trade Vote: A Triumph of Profits Over People

A $12 million corporate campaign won the U.S. House vote on permanent Normal Trade Relations for China without annual review of that country's human rights practices.

Union leaders and other supporters of working families decried the vote as a blank check for China to continue its oppression of Chinese citizens, which opens the door to corporate exploitation and lowered living and working standards for workers everywhere. They vowed, however, to undertake massive education and mobilization toward enacting a Working Families Agenda and electing candidates this fall who support it, and continuing to push for global fairness.

• See How Members of the House Voted—and Make Your Voice Heard with a Fax or E-Mail Message
• The Dollars Have It: U.S. House Votes to Grant China Permanent Trade Rights
• Sweeney Vows Mobilization for a Working Families Agenda and Global Fairness
• Union Leaders Speak Out on House Vote on China Trade
• Allies Critique House Vote on China Trade
• AFL-CIO News Releases

Campaign Background

• Campaign Alert
• The Levin Plan Is No Substitute for Annual Review
• Permanent NTR Will Increase Our Agricultural Trade Deficit with China
• Small Business, Environmental and Human Rights Leaders Oppose Permanent Normal Trade Relations for China
• Religious Leaders Oppose Permanent Normal Trade Relations for China
• Permanent NTR for China: A One-Way Deal?
• U.S. Voters Oppose Permanent Free Trade with China
  
• U.S. State Department Slams China on Human Rights
  
• Former Political Prisoner Wei Warns U.S. Business About China
  
• AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Calls Rush to Admit China to the WTO a 'Grave Mistake'
• Congressional Recess Actions
• Union Members Join Thousands in a Mobilization for Global Justice
• Shining a Light for Global Fairness: Steelworkers' Vigil and Other Updates
• 15,000 Union Members Tell Congress: 'No Blank Check for China'
• Philly Rally Blasts China Trade Deal