China’s PNTR status: What the end • Table.Briefings

Bernie Sanders and Tom Cotton (right), the Senator leading the PNTR withdrawal, at Trump’s inauguration in January. Sanders was the first US politician to question China’s PNTR status. Cotton introduced the bill.

The USA wants to revoke China’s PNTR status – a step that could massively shake up global trade. Business associations warn that this could also have dramatic consequences for German companies.

The possible withdrawal of China’s PNTR status after 25 years is only one bill away. Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) is a legal term in the United States for free trade with a foreign country. At the initiative of President Donald Trump, numerous Republican and Democratic MPs and senators want to create the legal basis for the United States to end PNTR with the second-largest economy in just a few weeks. PNTR status guarantees most countries in the world easy access to the US market. Revoking it would make China an outcast trading partner.

China’s PNTR status: What the end of normality would mean for German companies

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