President Bush signed legislation graduating Ukraine from Soviet-era trade restrictions. “Times have changed,” Bush said Thursday before signing the bill graduating the former Soviet republic from the Jackson-Vanik restrictions. “The Cold War is over, and a free Ukraine is a friend to America and an inspiration to those who love liberty.”
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