Barrasso Bill Ends Outdated Handouts to China

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) recently introducedlegislationthat would end handouts to China funded by American taxpayers by removing China’s outdated designation as a “developing country” in international treaties.
TheEnding China’s Unfair Advantage Actwould prohibit any American taxpayer dollars from funding a United Nations treaty known as the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) until China is no longer defined as a developing country. China’s current designation as a developing nation under these treaties allows it to abide by a different set of rules and access funding – including American taxpayer dollars – from the multilateral funds.
“American tax dollars have been funneled to China for decades because of special treatment from the United Nations,”said Senator Barrasso. “By maintaining its classification as a developing country, China keeps getting handouts from American taxpayers and gets to play by a different set of rules. This ridiculous and outdated policy must end now. This bill forces the United Nations to end China’s unfair advantage once and for all.”
Cosponsors of this legislation include U.S Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Jim Justice (R-W.Va), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
Full text of the legislation can be foundhere.
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