The nominatee for the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio said that the Jackson-Vanik Amendment in US relations on the Central Asian countries was a "relic of an era that’s past" in the Senate confirmation hearing replying to the question by the senator Steve Daines.
"I believe the permanent removal will require legislative action. I don’t think Senator Murphy has a bill on that as well. Yours is three countries. Look, I think this is a relic of an era that’s past. There are some that argue that we should use that as leverage for human rights concessions or leverage to get them to go stronger in our way as opposed to Russia and the like. But I think in some cases it’s an absurd relic of the past. So we will work with you on this ’cause I think it’s important". Mark Rubio said.
