General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Issues 95-113U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946 |
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... dollars in this enter- prise . We have contributed heavily to the Inter- national Bank and the International Monetary Fund , set up to " facilitate the expansion and bal- anced growth of international trade " . We have made extensive ...
... dollars in this enter- prise . We have contributed heavily to the Inter- national Bank and the International Monetary Fund , set up to " facilitate the expansion and bal- anced growth of international trade " . We have made extensive ...
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... dollars to the pre - war level of 2 or 3 billion . We cannot afford to let our imports drop from 5 billion dollars to 1 or 2 billion . NEED FOR FOREIGN TRADE We need large exports . Before the war , we sent 2 percent of our farm output ...
... dollars to the pre - war level of 2 or 3 billion . We cannot afford to let our imports drop from 5 billion dollars to 1 or 2 billion . NEED FOR FOREIGN TRADE We need large exports . Before the war , we sent 2 percent of our farm output ...
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... dollars invested in these industries are not to be lost , if thousands of laborers employed in these industries are not to be thrown out of work , the foreign markets for their products must be maintained . be regar mports are richnes ...
... dollars invested in these industries are not to be lost , if thousands of laborers employed in these industries are not to be thrown out of work , the foreign markets for their products must be maintained . be regar mports are richnes ...
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... dollars and cents . der a qua Cited St The first risk that we should run in deserting our trade program is the loss of our international leadership . The second is the loss of our foreign trade . The third is the impairment of private ...
... dollars and cents . der a qua Cited St The first risk that we should run in deserting our trade program is the loss of our international leadership . The second is the loss of our foreign trade . The third is the impairment of private ...
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... dollars in sales is 90 million dollars . Eighty percent of 150 million dollars in sales is 120 million dollars . With the size of the market increased by half , the domestic industry can see its share in the market decline by a tenth ...
... dollars in sales is 90 million dollars . Eighty percent of 150 million dollars in sales is 120 million dollars . With the size of the market increased by half , the domestic industry can see its share in the market decline by a tenth ...
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Page 48 - Article 61 1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist of eighteen Members of the United Nations elected by the General Assembly. 2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, six members of the Economic and Social Council shall be elected each year for a term of three years. A retiring member shall be eligible for immediate re-election. 3. At the first election, eighteen members of the Economic and Social Council shall be chosen.
Page 47 - Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between countries where the same conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on international trade, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by any contracting party of measures: (a) necessary to protect public morals; (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health...
Page 18 - No prohibitions or restrictions other than duties, taxes or other charges, whether made effective through quotas, import or export licences or other measures, shall be instituted or maintained by any contracting party on the importation of any product of the territory of any other contracting party...