Ron Kirk: “If we don't repeal Jackson-Vanik and extend PNTR, we have none of those protections.”

If we don't repeal Jackson-Vanik, to the degree that Russia is opening up liberalizing its services market, investment market, we lose all of the benefits of that.

I respectfully ask this committee to move forward quickly with legislation to terminate Jackson-Vanik and empower the President to extend PNTR to Russia.

We will continue to push Russia to adhere to international norms.

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