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Yes: Some media conveniently call nearly every decision the president makes an "executive order".
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If it wasn't via an executive order, what method did he use? I'll admit that I'm not an expert on presidential powers so I don't have an answer for this and I'd like to change that.
Here are two different sources for the speech that Clinton gave at a press conference.
http://china.usc.edu/(S(5ng2xa3dwwjs...ookieSupport=1
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=50241
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Originally Posted by William Clinton
In view of the continuing human rights abuses, I am extending the sanctions imposed by the United States as a result of the events in Tiananmen Square, and I am also banning the import of munitions, principally guns and ammunition from China.
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That pretty much eliminates any debate about who was responsible for the ban but still leaves some question as to how he managed it.
Clearly he did enact the import ban, and whatever method he used, it obviously worked very effectively and is still working effectively 20 years later.
I see no reason that the current president would have any difficulty doing something similar.
So, assuming that Clinton's import ban wasn't done via EO, would it still be reversible by a subsequent president as an EO would be?