Schlagwort: GATT
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Militant: Creeping Protectionism
[unsigned, Militant No. 580, 4 December 1981, p. 8] The open trading system, on which the post-war success of western capitalism was based, is slowly being strangled by creeping protectionism. Faced with prolonged world recession, rival capitalist states are abandoning liberal trade policies and adopting ‚beggar thy neighbour‘ measures in an effort to defend their…
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Lynn Walsh: Open warfare postponed
[Militant International Review, No. 55, January/February 1994, p. 21-25] The main achievement of the GATT deal, argues Lynn Walsh, was to preserve the status quo – for now. The long delayed agreement on GATT, reached between US and European union representatives in Geneva on 4 December, was hailed by capitalist leaders as a great triumph…