The JacksonVanik provisions were expressly created in order to make it clear that access to the U.S. market Is not automatic and that nonmarket economies that do not perform to a certain standard are denied access to our market. The United States has shown leadership before. It was the leadership of the United States to use trade sanctions in South Africa that brought down the apartheid practices of that country. It was the United States using the JacksonVanik provisions that changed the immigration policies of the Soviet Union. We have used trade policies in Uganda and Romania and other countries to bring about changes in those countries. When we exercise leadership. it is part of the proudest moments in the history of this country.
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