President. I am pleased to be associated with the Senator from Washington in sponsoring an amendment to the EastWest Trade Relations Act. S. 2620. which will provide a positive inducement for the Soviet Union to repeal the exit taxes they are charging their Jewish citizens who wish to emigrate. This amendment is easily explained. It will make U.S. trade concessions--specifically. the granting a mostfavorednation treatment to the Soviet Union or other nonmarket economy countries and the permitting of those countries to participate in U.S. Government credit. credit guarantee. and investment guarantee programscontingent upon those countries granting their citizens the opportunity to emigrate without paying exorbitant ransoms. I think the junior Senator from Washington well described the philosophical basis of the amendment when he said: It is a simple amendment. It arises out of and is rooted in our traditional commitment to the cause of individual liberty.
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