Mr. President. I concur with the Senator from Idaho. It has been our constant goal to improve human rights in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. However. some of us opposed the McClure amendment because we do not believe it will advance this goal. For 15 years. since the passage of the Trade Act of 1974. the JacksonVanik amendment has provided a clear framework linking the extension of MFN trade benefits to Jewish and other emigration from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Among the Warsaw Pact members. Czechoslovakia. Bulgaria. the German Democratic Republic. and Romania do not now receive MFN.
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