Generally. this bill would authorize the President to grant nondiscriminatory tariff treatmentmostfavorednation [MFNI statusto Imports from cooperatives in Communist countries. This treatment would be contingent upon the coops abiding by internationally recognized worker rights provisions. At the same time. my bill would retain our JacksonVanik leverage on freedom of emigration. By withholding MFN treatment on a countrywide basis. we maintain an effective stick. which we could use. for example. if the Soviet Union fails to meet emigration targets and refuses to abolish the exit visa requirements and other devices that prevent Soviet Jews and others from emigrating. To date. the United States response to the substantial economic. political. and human rights changes taking place in nonmarket economies in general. and the Soviet Union in particular. has been marked by extreme caution and a waitandsee attitude. This policy has been a prudent approach in dealing with an empire whose future development is best characterized by widespread uncertainty.
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