Jackson (D-WA) introduced an amendment to the East-West Trade Relations Act linking the granting of MostFavored Nation status and official credits to the Soviet Union and other nations with non-market economies to clear evidence of their institutionalized respect for the right to emigrate.
Jackson (D-WA) introduced an amendment to the East-West Trade Relations Act linking the granting of MostFavored Nation status and official credits to the Soviet Union and other nations with non-market economies to clear evidence of their institutionalized respect for the right to emigrate. (1) This amendment (which ultimately was enacted as part of the Trade Reform Act of 1974) reflected Sen.
It did so by linking the granting of MostFavored Nation status and official loans and credit guarantees to the Soviet Union (and other nations with non-market economies) to clear evidence of an institutionalized respect for the right to emigrate.