what jackson vanek represents what it stands for with history there may be others who are not perhaps fully familiar with in the. for the deal. the maybe sun and not everybody is an expert on trade and i mean this is an exceptional case is now the largest economy outside of the youth you know that's entering after a long process of negotiation russia so. what we've been doing. on capitol hill is explaining to members of congress to their staff to the staff of. committees that have jurisdiction over this matter what you know is what jackson vanek is how jackson granik will impede our ability to take advantage of the concessions that russia has made and i think they're coming around to that view i don't i don't meet many people today who after what we have done over the past two years of particular over the past three months who don't acknowledge now is in our economic interest to jackson very correct me if i'm mistaken but from what you're saying i'm getting an impression that the reason for which. you know that is is not economic not political but rather regular is what you're talking

my colleague gold gold is here in half an hour's time but for now our discussion is why the jackson vanek amendment that's been restricting commerce with russia since the soviet era is still in place despite years of negotiations this is artsy. hello yellow welcome to spotlight the interview shout out to our troops we're not going today my guest is very i was. off it's a decades of tough negotiations russia has finally been admitted to the w t out they've remained silent geneva will be ratified this summer but even full membership doesn't clear all the obstacles on the way to free slaves one of them is the jackson browne a commandment which stands in the way i'll fetch trade relations between russia and the united states with future rushed american trade is widely discussed later today we'll talk it over with. the president of the us russia business. the jackson benny commandment has long been a thorn in russia you ask operation it was introduced at the height of the cold war the soffits denies normal trading relations with countries that restrict freedom of immigration and human rights t