Mr. Speaker. one of the growing leading human rights issues in the country today and in the world is what is happening in the country of Romania where the Ceausescu administration is doing so much to repress its people. In 1975. under Public Law 93618. it was enacted to provide trade relations with countries not currently receiving preferential trading status as a means for improving fundamental human rights and freedom of emigration. Based on their human rights record. a foreign country could have what is known as "mostfavorednation" status [MFN] renewed annually by the President of the United States. This statute. commonly referred to as "JacksonVanik" opened trade relations with several Communist nations. including Romania.
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