Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brunt of reform lay on the shoulders of Dr. Wong. His knottiest problem: 1) to find transport to get raw materials to factories and finished goods to the front; 2) to prevent financial inflation from cramping his production style...
Identical Self-Interest. Since Britain has to import almost all its raw materials, it has to export to pay for them. If Britain Were conceivably to change its economy and reduce its population to about ten million, it would need only small industries and a small overseas trade...
...states, as well as prosperity. are spread by multilateral trade. Other prerequisites for the ideal system: stable tariff and monetary policies. If multilateral trade cannot be secured on these conditions, then Britain should aim at regional arrangements. And if those fail, it is better to make bilateral bargains with raw-material producers. Whatever the form of trade, Sir William foresees increased Government control of capital, exchanges and imports. To stabilize purchasing power in agricultural nations, and thus provide steady markets for British manufactures, he advocates long-term contracts for the purchase of essential foods and raw materials...
...export goods, we must receive payment for them in raw materials and manufactured goods of other nations...
...Housewives had trouble getting sugar. The October hurricane that battered Cuba and Florida disrupted raw sugar shipments. Some U.S. sugar refiners were eight weeks behind in their orders...