Word: wsa
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...Brazil and the River Plate: WSA 15%, British...
...South Africa: WSA 17½%, British...
...India: WSA 17½%, British...
...South America, West Coast: WSA 12½%, British...
...imports and exports are handled on different rate bases. Exports to South America are charged the full insurance rate. This adds to the price of the goods at the other end, makes controlling the price level that much more difficult. But on shipments from South America to the U.S., WSA insurance rates are not nearly so high-in order not to upset OPA's price ceilings in this country. (Example: coffee from Brazil is charged a special government rate of 25? per $100.) But Brazilians think inflation for the goose ought to mean inflation for the gander...