Word: argentina
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Despite the fears of U. S. business interests that the dictator states of Europe are taking over the trade of Latin America, the bitterest trade competitor of the U. S. in Argentina at present is no totalitarian state but a democratic nation of traders, Great Britain. Although overtaken in many Latin American countries by the U. S. and pressed hard in others, in Argentina Britain still holds a handful of trump cards and by last week it became apparent that she is playing them in a manner calculated to take all the tricks...
Unannounced by the Argentine Government and vigorously denied by its representatives in the U. S., an unofficial ban on U. S. goods has prohibited the majority of importers from bringing U. S. products into Argentina since the first of the year. Behind this prohibition many observers detected the heavy hand of John Bull. Because she buys from Argentina far more than she sells to her, Britain has always been high in Argentina's favor. The U. S. (except when the 1935-37 drought necessitated unusual imports of Argentine grain) ordinarily buys less from Argentina than she sells her, does...
Despite these hard feelings, U. S. sales to Argentina have cut heavily into Britain's trade and during the first eleven months of 1938 the U. S. managed to ship to Argentina $230,988,648 worth of goods to Britain...
...totally different basis, it is likely to score in different quarters. Moreover, it will undoubtedly excite a sympathetic Alumni response. That certain Alumni are interested in such a scheme is evidenced by the fact that, prior to the Great Depression, three Harvard, Club scholarships were awarded in Argentina...
Other countries represented include Alaska, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Guatemala, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Holland, Hungary, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Roumania, Siam, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Vonezuela, and Wales...