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Substantial Realignment. Much of the caution in the world's money markets is a consequence of increasing uncertainty over just how long the Administration will keep the 10% import surtax in effect...
...ripping the dollar loose from gold and slapping a 10% surtax on imports, Richard Nixon inaugurated a global power play designed to boost U.S. exports and cut the country's worsening balance of payments deficit. Though his moves came as a shock, it appears that he acted none too soon; last week the Commerce Department reported that in July U.S. imports had exceeded exports for the fourth straight month. Still, now that some of the excitement surrounding the Nixon initiative is subsiding, a hard truth is hitting bankers, businessmen and government leaders the world over: a return...
...traded at an increase of 5% to 7% over the old rate, but just where it will settle is still uncertain. Japanese officials noted that the flotation was only a temporary measure, but U.S. importers were already predicting that the higher yen rate on top of the 10% surtax could effectively close the American market to Japanese steel and most consumer goods...
...surtax breaks both the letter and the spirit of the international General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. As a result, the U.S. now finds itself defending actions of a sort that it has criticized others for in the past. The 55-member GATT council is scheduled to meet in an emergency session this week to deal with the potentially explosive situation...
...justify the surtax, the U.S. has cited GATT Article 12, which allows temporary restrictions in case of severe balance of payments deficits. But the provision permits only quotas, not surtaxes. Thus, the U.S. is relying largely on a precedent set by Britain in 1964 when it posted a 15% import surtax (later reduced to 10%) and kept it for two years...