A congressional panel has recommended that the U.S. toughen its trade relationship with Beijing, pushing to roll back a nearly 25-year-old decision that helped bring about China's rapid economic growth but that many in Washington now see as hurting U.

Congress should repeal China's preferential trade status, a top US advisory panel on China said on Tuesday, the first time the body has explicitly called for an end to the policy that has been a cornerstone of China's economic rise.