Word: traded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Trade expansion with Communist countries got nowhere, as Congress showed an upsurge of protectionist sentiment and even more hostility than usual to foreign aid. The aid bill was reduced $1 billion below the Administration request to $2.29 billion, its lowest level ever; renewal of the Export-Import Bank's charter and funding beyond June 30 was delayed; and there were a number of efforts to protect industries claiming injury by foreign competition...
...recognize the new regime, and in a calculated diplomatic snub, the ambassadors of Britain, France, Italy, West Germany and the U.S. even refused to heed a summons from Papadopoulos to drop by for a briefing. A lack of recognition would mean a cutoff in aid programs, a disruption of trade, and a general discomfiture for the sensitive colonels, who badly want to be accepted by the Western nations...
...south, major fighting has been reported in Szechwan, Honan and Kwangsi provinces, and travelers returning from the Canton Trade Fair-which ended last week-say that there is fear of an invasion of the city by armies of dissident Red Guards. In Fukien, where there has been trouble in the past, five Peking officials sent to investigate new violence were kidnaped by local Red Guards. Newspapers in Anhwei report that Central Committee directives are being derided and that Mao supporters are under open attack. In Shantung, according to Peking radio, "people claiming to be revolutionaries" are stirring up "trouble...
...Board of Trade reported that Britain's November trade deficit was the worst in history: $530 million. The bad news dropped the minipound last week to the lowest level of its short life- $2.4005- and sparked a fresh round of gold buying on the London market and new speculation against ster ling. It was small satisfaction that the French, who have done their share of speculating against the pound in Brit ain's recent troubles, suddenly found themselves tarred by the same brush: ru mors of a devaluation of the franc plummeted France's coin...
...proposed subcommittees would deal with the general topics of "the University's trade in personnel with the outside world," "the University's trade in money and ideas with the outside world," and "the relationship between the University and its students...