Word: agreements
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...incorrect, too, to say that the General Agreement adds up to more barter and bilateralism and, probably, to a reduced flow of goods. It is true that this Agreement, in itself, will not suffice to reconstruct economies disrupted by the war, nor to correct the serious imbalance that now characterizes world trade. For this, other measures are now being considered by the countries of Western Europe and by the Congress of the United States. Until reconstruction is really under way and the present imbalance in trade substantially reduced, a large measure of bilateralism and even of barter will undoubtedly persist...
...union in the land. U.E.'s leaders, from big-bellied Al Fitzgerald down, have denounced the law's non-Communist clause with furious fervor, have refused to sign the affidavits. This week the company, on the strength of the NLRB ruling, severed relations with U.E., despite an agreement which runs until April...
Governor Tom Dewey enjoyed a cautious bout of political doubletalk with a traveling foreign diplomat. Discussing France's Charles de Gaulle, the diplomat declared himself strongly against any general as chief of state. Grinning broadly, Candidate Dewey, with at least one other general in mind, nodded enthusiastic agreement...
Freedom to Fail. In Geneva, the International Civil Aviation Organization failed to conclude a multilateral civil aviation agreement. The U.S., United Kingdom and France wanted to include the "fifth freedom," i.e., the right of an airline to carry traffic between two nations other than its own. Smaller countries, led by Mexico, Canada and Portugal, defeated the proposal, fearing that the big nations would monopolize international traffic...
Gentleman's Agreement. Dorothy McGuire and Gregory Peck in a polemic against anti-Semitism (TIME...