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Mfn and Human Rights: Romanian-American Relations, 1975-1988

Mfn and Human Rights: Romanian-American Relations, 1975-1988 ARTICLE JOSEPH F. HARRINGTON and SCOTT D. KARNS (Framingham, MA, USA) MFN AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ROMANIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, 1975-1988 Traditionally, the United States awarded most-favored-nation (MFN) product treatment to a non-market economy country to reward it for a foreign policy independent of Moscow and/or to establish a lever to interfere in that country's domestic policies. However, beginning in the mid-to-late 1970s, the issue of human rights grew in popularity in Congress primarily due to the work of Donald Fraser, a Democratic Congressman from Minnesota. He was offended by what he considered the Administration's in- difference to moral issues as seen in the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and the recent Chilean coup. He decided, as Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to focus his committee's attention on the relationship of a country's hu- man rights practices and America's foreign policy toward that country. His efforts resulted in his subcommittee's being re- named the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, and from 1974 through 1979 the committee held over 150 hearings with testimony from over 500 witnesses. As a result, many government officials and fellow congressmen be- came more conscious http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southeastern Europe Brill

Mfn and Human Rights: Romanian-American Relations, 1975-1988

Southeastern Europe , Volume 15 (1): 71 – Jan 1, 1988

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Brill
Copyright
© 1988 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0094-4467
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1876-3332
DOI
10.1163/187633388X00067
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ARTICLE JOSEPH F. HARRINGTON and SCOTT D. KARNS (Framingham, MA, USA) MFN AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ROMANIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, 1975-1988 Traditionally, the United States awarded most-favored-nation (MFN) product treatment to a non-market economy country to reward it for a foreign policy independent of Moscow and/or to establish a lever to interfere in that country's domestic policies. However, beginning in the mid-to-late 1970s, the issue of human rights grew in popularity in Congress primarily due to the work of Donald Fraser, a Democratic Congressman from Minnesota. He was offended by what he considered the Administration's in- difference to moral issues as seen in the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and the recent Chilean coup. He decided, as Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to focus his committee's attention on the relationship of a country's hu- man rights practices and America's foreign policy toward that country. His efforts resulted in his subcommittee's being re- named the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, and from 1974 through 1979 the committee held over 150 hearings with testimony from over 500 witnesses. As a result, many government officials and fellow congressmen be- came more conscious

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Published: Jan 1, 1988

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