In 1998, President Clinton Changed the Status of Countries That

question 57

Multiple Choice

In 1998, President Clinton changed the status of countries that receive the most favorable tariff rate from the United States from "most-favored-nation" (MFN) to "normal trade relations" (NTR) because:

• A) the United States then had ongoing major disputes with many of the countries with MFN status.
• B) he thought that "most-favored-nation" could imply a special relationship with a nondemocratic country, such as China, that had MFN status.
• C) the United States was then planning to grant a newly reworked MFN status, with better economic benefits attached to certain preferred nations, but it later gave up on the idea.
• D) Clinton thought the United States needed to seem more even-handed, given the enormous influence it has in global economic affairs.

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