Bill Clinton was the best president in my life time,

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15. Not true -- China was first granted Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) status back in the 1980s.

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China’s eligibility for MFN status is subject to freedom-of-emigration
conditions imposed by the Jackson-Vanik amendment (Sec. 402) to the Trade Act of
1974. This permits U.S. authorities to grant MFN status to a “nonmarket
economy"country providing that that country does not restrict emigration.1 Under
U.S. law, the President may either determine that China is in full compliance with the
Jackson-Vanik amendment, or else he may waive the requirement of full compliance.
U.S. Presidents have done the latter for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) every
year since 1980, when MFN status was first granted.

Taken from: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/98-603.html