BERNARD SHAW, CNN ANCHOR: U.S. President Bill Clinton is promising to spare no effort in his campaign to support a trade deal between the United States and China. CNN's White House correspondent Kelly Wallace reports.</s>KELLY WALLACE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A day after lawmakers warned the president's trade deal with China was in trouble, he called on a group of pro-trade corporate CEOs to help in his push for Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organization, saying it can't be allowed to fail.</s>WILLIAM J, CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think it would be a terrible mistake.</s>WALLACE: It's a message, aides say, Mr. Clinton has been trying to hammer home to U.S. lawmakers in private meetings. The goal: making the case that opening China's markets will be good for U.S. business, good for national security, and despite its recent threats lead to a China that is not a danger to Taiwan or other neighbors.</s>CLINTON: I believe to set this up as choice between economic rights and human rights or economic security and national security is a false choice. I believe that this agreement is vital to our national security.</s>WALLACE: In another speech, this one on a college campus in Philadelphia, Mr. Clinton once again said the U.S. would regret passing this deal up.</s>CLINTON: Twenty years from now, we'll still be kicking ourselves in the seat of the pants for turning away from an enormous opportunity to give our children a safer world. That's what I believe.</s>WALLACE: The big hurdle will be convincing about 75 to 100 House Democrats who voted for China trade in the past to vote for it again. And the White House is pushing for a vote this spring to try to can keep it from becoming an issue in the fall campaigns. Kelly Wallace CNN Philadelphia.
Clinton Urges Lawmakers to Support China's Entry Into WTO