Word: traded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...went. Yielding to Common Market cries about a raw deal on a number of items totaling $50 million in annual trade, the U.S. further trimmed its rates on semifinished aluminum products, tomato paste, small tobacco items and eyeglass frames, got lower tariffs for U.S.-made TV tubes in return. The Danes' dander rose over the tariff on live beef, which is an important Danish export. In retaliation, Danish negotiators tacked "reservations" onto their commitment to cut passenger-car tariffs 50%, will likely stand fast on a token 20% reduction...
...Washington office has set up a special phone number (202-395-3044) for specifics on the new U.S. duties, which cover imports worth $8 billion a year. But details on the revised tariffs of each of the 49 Kennedy Round nations, which affect $40 billion in annual trade, may be some time in getting around: covering thousands of farm and factory items in painstaking detail, the entire list runs to 4,000 pages...
...secretary of the domestic-appliances division of a trade organization called the National Association of Electro-Technical Industries, Bruno Bonarini acts as spokesman for Italy's thriving home-appliance manufacturers. Lately, Bonarini speaks as if he were wearing the purple. "We have conquered the European market," he observes imperially. "Now we are beginning to look to new horizons-the U.S. in the West and the Soviet Union in the East." Considering what Bonarini's legions have accomplished in Europe, West and East had better watch...
Massed Choirs. They were remarkable radicals, for they had a sense of humor and a singing voice. Many of their songs-Casey Jones, Joe Hill, Solidarity Forever-are still heard. Their goal was one big worldwide trade union, and eventually they established branches from Australia to Scandinavia...
...remarkable that the I.W.W. accomplished anything, so great were its built-in weaknesses. It was torn by factional fights and filled with company spies and agents provocateurs. Basically, they could never decide whether they were a revolutionary movement or a trade union. Their contemptuous distrust of the employer made it impossible for them to handle the bread-andbutter details of rates, hours or factory disputes. Faced with any industrial problem, the Wobblies solved it by going out on strike or sabotaging machinery...