First. the United States must have a valid trade agreement with the candidate country. In the case of Romania. a bilateral trade agreement was entered into in 1975. and will not expire until August of this year. Second. the candidate country must be in compliance with the JacksonVanik free emigration provisions of the Trade Act of 1974. Again. in the case of Romania. and as I have already stated. there now exists within Romania de facto free emigration. Moreover. the interim government has announced its intention to provide for free emigration by law. We have before us an opportunity to extend a hand of friendship and support to the people of Romania in their struggle for freedom and selfdetermination. This gesture of good faith and acknowledgment of legitimacy by the leading power of the free world would send a powerful message to the people of Romania.
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