Word: mercantilistic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political leadership." He argued that the debate over the Community's budget, which has virtually paralyzed it for three years, was "irrelevant" when compared with the trade issue. He said that all the member nations are "behaving contrary to the logic of the Community" by reverting to nationalist, mercantilist policies. Carli described the members as divided into two camps: the protectionists and the free traders. The protectionists include France and Britain, while the free traders are West Germany and, to a lesser extent, Italy, The Netherlands and Belgium...