Jackson–Vanik amendment
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The Jackson–Vanik amendment is a U.S. Cold War–era trade provision that restricted normal trade relations with non-market economies that limited their citizens’ freedom to emigrate, most notably targeting the Soviet Union.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War policy
ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ trade restriction ⓘ |
| affected |
Soviet Jewish emigrants
ⓘ
refuseniks ⓘ |
| allowed | annual presidential waivers ⓘ |
| appliedTo | People's Republic of China (before MFN normalization) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | non-market economies ⓘ |
| conditioned |
access to U.S. government credit facilities
ⓘ
most-favored-nation status ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| influenced |
Soviet emigration policy
ⓘ
U.S. human rights diplomacy ⓘ U.S.–Soviet relations ⓘ |
| legalArea |
human rights law interface
ⓘ
international trade law ⓘ |
| legalForm | amendment to the Trade Act of 1974 ⓘ |
| mainIssue |
emigration rights
ⓘ
human rights ⓘ trade policy ⓘ |
| mechanism |
denial of normal trade relations
ⓘ
presidential waiver authority ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Charles Vanik
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry M. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Trade Act of 1974 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyType | linkage policy ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to link trade benefits to freedom of emigration
ⓘ
to pressure countries restricting emigration ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Magnitsky Act
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
most-favored-nation status in U.S. law ⓘ |
| repealedFor |
Georgia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Moldova NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repealLegislation | Russia and Moldova Jackson–Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| required | annual review by Congress ⓘ |
| signedBy | Gerald Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signingDate | January 3, 1975 ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Charles Vanik
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry M. Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusForRussia | repealed in 2012 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
U.S. human rights debates
ⓘ
U.S. trade policy debates ⓘ |
| targets | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1970s–2010s ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1974 ⓘ |
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