It is the leader of the COMECON countries in its trade with the West. The United States has a favorable balance of trade with Romania. and our trade relations are improving steadily. Our granting MFN treatment has given us leverage with Romania in bringing about some progress in permitting emigrants to come to the United States. Romanias emigration policies. while certainly subject to criticism. are. however. better than those of other Eastern European countries such as Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. There are some hopeful signs that the Communist bloc may have begun disintegrating from within. and the steps toward independence from total Soviet control which Romania has taken in its foreign and trade policies should be encouraged. We can do this by extending MFN treatment.e
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