Policy and Foreign Affairs Writer

Chris Smith

1 article 1997

Chris Smith contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1997, writing on foreign policy issues including the debate over international sanctions.

QUESTIONS ABOUT SANCTIONS

February 24, 1997 · Blog

AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, Bill Clinton said America should stop " coddling dictators." He promised that U.S. trade relations would be driven by human rights policy, not vice versa. Many Americans believed him, but the Chinese dictators never did. On a visit to China in early 1994, I reminded…