Word: exported
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Common Market prepared to take the historic step of eliminating all remaining internal tariff barriers, the French acted according to form. Faced with a worsening balance of payments problem, Charles de Gaulle's government marred the milestone by announcing a protectionist package of import quotas and export subsidies...
...Group of Ten, meeting last week in The Hague, agreed to provide that organization with $770 million. Meanwhile, the world money markets continued to show encouraging signs of greater stability, Although the price of gold jumped to a record high in Paris-where the government controls on the export of francs were causing Frenchmen to turn to bullion-free-market trading elsewhere remained relatively calm...
...future, the market appears almost limitless. In West Germany alone, Nixdorf estimates that another 100,000 small computers can be sold. Outside Germany, the market is even greater, and Nixdorf is gearing for it. One reason the company acquired Wanderer was to get its export network; in addition, Nixdorf will open its own sales offices this year in Switzerland, Italy and France. Business is so good, in fact, that the company might even finally put a distinguishing name plate on the door of its yellow-brick Paderborn office...
Chief beneficiary of the new bloom is likely to be France, which ships more than 20% of its exports to West Germany. After matching its leading customer in economic cutbacks, France found itself with unemployment at a record Gaullist high of 450,000. To offset this, the government plans to inject $600 million into the economy during the year, while continuing to boost exports. Now that West Germany is back on its feet, the export business promises to brighten the French employment picture as the country's economy moves closer to the 5% growth rate it has been reaching...
...part in the West German-led resurgence. Meanwhile, Britain-like its neighbors across the Channel-will be watching the U.S. to see how it acts to balance its payments and bolster its economy (see THE NATION). For any cutbacks in foreign investment by U.S. firms, or a more aggressive export policy, would be felt immediately everywhere in Europe...