A bill to reinstate the Jackson–Vanik amendment, which bans trade with Russia, has been introduced in the United States Congress, said the Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, SİA reports.
“After the attack on Poland, I am grateful to have introduced this bill to restore the Jackson–Vanik amendment, which will put an end to all trade with this terrorist dictatorship,” the congressman wrote.
Wilson also criticized previous administrations, calling the policy of “resetting” relations with the Russian Federation a mistake. He noted that this approach encouraged Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to occupy Crimea. “President Obama and John Kerry mistakenly repealed this law during the so-called reset with Russia, and this emboldened the war criminal Putin to seize Crimea,” he wrote.
The congressman further expressed confidence that former US President Donald Trump would correct the situation, concluding: “Trump will fix everything.”
The Jackson–Vanik amendment, adopted in 1974, prohibited normal trade relations with “non-market” economies that restricted citizens’ right to emigrate, such as Jews leaving the Soviet Union. Although the Soviet Union collapsed, the law formally continued to apply to Russia until US presidents suspended it annually for trade purposes. It was officially repealed in 2012 and replaced by the Magnitsky Act, which introduced sanctions against specific Russian officials.
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