五月,最让许多国人牵挂的是美国对华永久性正常贸易关系(PNTR)议案能否在美众议院通过。然而美众院令人吃惊地顺利通过了对华PNTR议案,结束了美国国会20年来对有关中国最惠国贸易地位的辩论。这项经济限制曾是20年来美反华政策的一部分,因此我们可以说此举标志着美对华政策史上一个旧时代的结 In May most of the people in the country care about whether the U.S. PNTR bill can be passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. However, the U.S. House of Representatives passed surprisingly the PNTR China Bill, ending the debate over the status of China’s most-favored-nation trade by the U.S. Congress over the past 20 years. This economic constraint was once part of the U.S. anti-China policy in the past 20 years, so we can say that this move marks the conclusion of an old era in the history of the U.S.-China policy