Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050039914

Eastern Europe. and the former Soviet Union. We have found that trade sanctionsand in its most modest form. the denial of preferred trade statusis not only a legitimate but an effective means of promoting human rights and changing national policies. JacksonVanik was a remarkable success in leading the Soviet Union to change its immigration policy toward Jews and dissidents by withholding trade preference. Apartheid in South Africa was met by a denial of a policy of constructive engagement by simply refusing to allow our markets to be open until South Africa abandoned apartheid. and it succeeded. Those policies worked in the past.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT TORRICELLI
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
1997-06-12
Speech ID
1050039914
Paragraph
#0
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