Jackson-Vanik Amendment

Jackson-Vanik Amendment

Summary of Jackson-Vanik Amendment

An amendment to the Trade Reform Act of 1973 attached by Senator Henry Jackson and Congressman Charles Vanik, designed to preclude the granting of Most Favored Nation (read this and related legal terms for further details) status to the Soviet Union in the absence of a Soviet commitment to permit emigration of dissidents and Soviet Jews. The amendment was denounced by the Soviet government as an unacceptable intrusion into its internal affairs. Nevertheless, the act, including the amendment, passed Congress on December 20, 1974, and was signed into law on January 3, 1975.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)


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