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US TO CANCEL JACKSON-VANIK RESTRICTIONS ON UKRAINE

I wrote my senator, John McCain, about this around a month ago. Here are the results:

The United States promised to cancel the Jackson-Vanik amendment for Ukraine, give Ukraine market economy status, and support Ukraine????????s entry into the WTO, a U.S. congressional delegation including Hillary Clinton and John McCain assured Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday.

???????We have received support and we expect Ukrainian hopes to come true,??????? Tymoshenko said. She said she hopes for larger U.S. financial support for programs of: healthcare, education, democratization, and development of small business. The Jackson-Vanik amendment was applied to Ukraine after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union and had limits on emigration. The amendment still imposes trade limits on Ukraine.

John McCain has been one of the staunchest and most verbal supporters of the Orange Revolution and democratization in the region. Needless to say, I am happy with him.

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