Approving the trade pact would end the annual debate over whether China should get normal trade relations -- a designation previously known as MostFavoredNation(MFN) status.
The good news for those who hope to give Moscow permanent MostFavoredNation(MFN) status is that the Soviet legislature approved this legislation by a vote of 320 to 37, with 32 abstentions.
As a result, there is no meaningful political counterweight in place that signals the United States' displeasure with the continuing brutal repression in China or that offsets the pro-regime overtones of the president's recent decision to renew China's mostfavorednation(MFN) status.