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China Trade NPR's Brian Naylor reports on a flurry of activities in the House, which voted today to grant permanent normalized trade status to China. Thanks to a strong lobbying effort by President Clinton and business groups, most observers expected the measure to pass. Organized labor, finding itself in the unusual position of taking on a Democratic president, had hoped enough Democrats would heed their call and vote against the bill.

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NPR's Brian Naylor reports on a flurry of activities in the House, which voted today to grant permanent normalized trade status to China. Thanks to a strong lobbying effort by President Clinton and business groups, most observers expected the measure to pass. Organized labor, finding itself in the unusual position of taking on a Democratic president, had hoped enough Democrats would heed their call and vote against the bill.