Cold War restriction ties up US-Russia trade

On Monday April 4, 2011, 3:12 am EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian and Israeli tourists can now travel visa-free between their two countries, yet U.S.-Russian trade relations continue to be stymied by a Cold War law censuring the Soviets for holding up Jewish emigration.In 1974 Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., and Rep. Charles Vanik, D-Ohio, attached […]