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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...markups for local dealers and fast delivery, the Japanese are steadily firming their foothold. Japan's trade with Africa has nearly doubled in the past five years. Only in the former French colonies have the Japanese failed so far to make any real progress, primarily because of import restrictions favoring the French...
...Contrary to TIME'S [June 18] "Yes, I Believe I Am Being Followed," job applicants at the Export-Import Bank are not tested for their personality as a prerequisite for employment. Best evidence is the large variation in personalities here at the bank...
ADRIAN B. WAINWRIGHT Agency Personnel Officer Export-Import Bank of Washington Washington...
...African shilling, established when the countries were under British rule, will be abandoned, with the end of the three-nation Common Market expected to follow. Prime instigator of the breakup was Tanzania, which has had its own currency printed for more than a year, and which wants to embargo imports from Kenya and so end the unfavorable trade balance it has traditionally had with its more highly developed neighbor. In order to do so, Tanzania apparently plans to import the bulk of its goods instead from Red China under aid agreements, and shops in Dar es Salaam last week were...
Japanese automakers, long secure behind high tariff walls, are bracing for a possible wave of competition from abroad after the country's import quotas are lifted later this year; this will be the first step toward lowering the restrictive 35%-40% duties on foreign cars. Under present tariffs and taxes, for example, a Volkswagen that sells for $1,250 in Germany is marked up to $2,600 in Japan. When tariffs drop, the increased competition could be rough...