U.S. House OKs Russia trade bill with human rights slap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Friday to "name and shame" Russian human rights violators as part of a broader bill to drop Cold War-era trade...
View ArticleHouse set to vote on permanent normal trade relations with Russia
WASHINGTON - The House is set to remove a Cold War obstacle to trade with Russia that has stymied American exporters seeking to take advantage of Russia's newly liberalized trade practices. Russia's...
View Article>House to vote on bill normalizing Russian trade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is set to remove a Cold War obstacle to trade with Russia that has stymied American exporters seeking to take advantage of Russia's newly liberalized trade practices....
View ArticleU.S. House approves Russia trade bill with human rights slap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Friday to "name and shame" Russian human rights violators as part of a broader bill to drop Cold War-era trade...
View ArticleMagnitsky human rights bill helps US House vote to end Soviet-era trade law
Inclusion of human rights legislation named for Russian whistleblower convinces lawmakers to normalise trade relations The human rights bill is named for Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Russian prison...
View ArticleHouse passes bill normalizing Russian trade
JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press | November 16, 2012 | Updated: November 16, 2012 11:44am Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 WASHINGTON (AP) — Flashing some postelection bipartisanship, House...
View ArticleMagnitsky Act will be linked with Russian trade bill in Senate
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The bill to grant Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) was introduced in the Senate Tuesday and the head of the Senate Finance Committee...
View ArticleHouse panel passes bill on Russian human rights
JIM ABRAMS Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Foreign Relations Committee voted Thursday to penalize Russian human rights violators in a measure that could complicate efforts to normalize...
View ArticleU.S. could feel effects of amendment meant to hurt Russia
By Jill Dougherty and Jamie Crawford Almost four decades ago, as the Cold War raged, the U.S. Congress passed an amendment to the Trade Act of 1974 aimed squarely at the Soviet Union's policy...
View ArticleUS Senate Votes to Normalize Trade with Russia
CAPITOL HILL — The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that establishes permanent, normal trade relations between the United States and Russia. The vote was 92 to 4. The bill also...
View ArticleSenate to take up bill normalizing Russia trade
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press | December 5, 2012 | Updated: December 5, 2012 2:14am Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is taking up legislation that would end...
View ArticleBill for normal trade with Russia meets opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate plan to lift Cold War restrictions on trade with Russia drew immediate resistance from Senate Republicans who said Congress must first address Russia's poor human rights...
View ArticleRussia Must Be Held Accountable for its Human Rights Violations,...
(WASHINGTON) - U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement today in support of the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability...
View ArticleRussia backs WTO entry, U.S. friction persists
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's upper house of parliament voted on Wednesday to ratify entry into the World Trade Organization, and now only the signature of President Vladimir Putin is needed to complete...
View ArticleHouse to vote on bill normalizing Russian trade
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is set to remove a Cold War obstacle to trade with Russia that has stymied American exporters seeking to take advantage of Russia's newly...
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