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...Swore in Christian Herter. Eisenhower's Secretary of State, as chief U.S. negotiator for the new tariff program, and Francis Keppel, former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, as U.S. Commissioner of Education...
...Europe's "Outer Seven," whose future relations with the Common Market depend upon the outcome of Britain's painful negotiations with the Six. And a dozen other countries, most of which have no prospect of ever joining the Common Market, regard the market's developing single-tariff wall as a piece of economic aggression. "We see only this," wailed a Yugoslav government economist last week. "Our exports are being choked...
Sympathetic Hearings. On the strength of these statistics, the Six might be excused for ignoring the complaints of the outsiders. Instead, they give the impression of listening with sympathy. (Except, the British would say, in their case.) In Brussels last week, Israel was negotiating special tariff terms for its exports to the Market-which constitute 30% of Israel's foreign sales. Turkey is arranging a program that will ultimately give it associate membership in the Common Market. Other outside prospects...
...reporter from Copenhagen. "I could not possibly let you even have a glimpse of it. However, if you want to know all about it, read Agence Europe. It's absolutely accurate on the subject." While all Europe tried to guess what raw materials Britain wanted removed from the tariff list as a condition of membership, Agence Europe named every...
Stanley Hoffmanns, if only there were more than one of them, would be the Review's ideal future contributors. Hoffmann's article on "Problems of Atlantic Partnership" reflects a mind that has obviously sucked in and organized everything published on European integration, N.A.T.O. defense, U.s. trade and tariffs, and de Gaulle's foreign policy; he has squeezed his conclusions into lucid categories and characteristically spread a thin ironic net over them, which serves to heighten and sharpen his discussion. It is amusing and rewarding, as the editors no doubt mean it to be, to see Hoffmann's thoroughness and detachment...