Here. the Bush administration has wisely urged the Congress to proceed expeditiously to approve legislation granting nondiscriminatory trade status to the Soviet Union. By itself the measure cannot be expected to stabilize Soviet politics or turn around the Soviet economy. nor does it undercut the appropriateness of granting MFN status to the emerging democratic republics. But at a time when so much progress has been made on the emigration issue. when so much is at stake geopolitically. this Congress has an obligation. before we recess. to pass a trade bill to facilitate ongoing Soviet economic reforms. Congress shirks its duty if it continues to dither.
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