The World - News from July 24, 1985
A coalition of religious leaders and conservative politicians opposed the continuation of the “most-favored nation” trading status for Romania, but the State Department defended the status as a means of increasing emigration of dissidents and bolstering Romanian independence from Moscow. Appearing before the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, critics accused the Romanian government of being hostile to religion by persecuting clergymen and destroying churches. The subcommittee is holding hearings on renewal of the trade status.
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