In 1996, Robert Dole, a longtime supporter of MFN renewal, predictably accused Clinton of weakness and indecision, double-talk and incoherence in his approach to Beijing.
Clinton's approach to Beijing attracted criticism.
Indeed, if you want a simple model for predicting the unemployment rate in the United States over the next few years, here it  It will be what Greenspan wants it to be, plus or minus a random error reflecting the fact that he is not quite God.