Turning now to title IV. which of course has received a great deal of attention dealing with the nondiscriminatory tariff treatment to imports from Communist countries. here we have provided a basic new procedure. as we did in the House bill. for approving of this treatment under very carefully defined provisions. The item in most controversy has been the socalled Vanik amendment. which we adopted overwhelmingly in the House and. after months of negotiations on the other side. and with the Secretary of State. the other body came up with a compromise agreement which the conference agreed to. The provision permits the President to waive the freedom of emigration provision in the House bill for 18 months subject to congressional renewal if the President is assured that the waiver for the particular country will substantially promote the freedom of emigration objectives and the President has received assurances that emigration practices of the country will lead substantially to this objective. Nondiscriminatory treatment and U.S. Government credits and guarantees could be extended to particular Communist countries meeting the conditions in the waiver. subject to the other provisions of the title.
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