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For sorne rime now.
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former
Frcn.:h.
Bd~ian
and Italian colonics
in Africa havc bcen joined ro rhc
Communiry
as
''associarc membcrs."
und<.:r rhc rcrms of rhe "Yaoundé
Convc.:nrio n." Yaoundé
is
rhe capital
of rhe Cameroons. where che original
rreary was signed.
On
~lar
12
of rhis year. cvcn rhc
Indian Oce;m ishnd of Mauririus
signcd an <tgreemenr acccding ro rhc
Yaoundé Com·enrion. ubjecr ro nat–
ural rarificarion.
~ l auri rius
should
becomc a full associare member in
abo
ur a
ycar.
Undcr the
EECs
prcscnr crack
arrangcrnenrs, EEC mcmber-st:nes
grant spccia l prefcrences
to
raw marc–
rials from thc Yaoundé counrries in
return for "reverse preferences" - rhar
is, for :-.pccial acccss ro che associares'
m;trkeb for industrial produces.
Thc Yaoundé associares also
reccive special allormenrs of financia!
and rechnical aid from rhc European
Devclopment Fund and Europ<:an
Jnvcsrment Bank.
With
Brit~tin
join ing rhe Com–
munit~.
thc rie-in ro Africa will
undoubtcdly grow
srron~er.
Twelvc
formcr Brirish colonies and prorcno–
r.ncs in Africa. now all independcnt,
;trc likcly
w
join rhe Yaoundé
starc~.
whcn rh<.: Yaoundé Convenrion
comes ur for rencwal in August.
1973. Thr<.:<: black Commonwcalth
sr:ucs in case Africa - Ug<l nda.
Kenya :md Tanlania -
airead~·
are
looscl~
ticd ro rhe Common Marh:r
under rcrms of che "Arusha Agrce–
menr."
The List G rows On
The number of srares seeking ro
link rhcir economic forrunes ro
Europc is secmingly endless - bound
on ly by che confines of che carrh
i
rsclf.
Thc 1\.lcclircrranean arca is becom–
ing a "Common i\Iarker lake."
Grccce. Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia
and rhc
i~land
of Mal ra have
si~ned
associarion agreemenrs wirh Brussels.
Cyprus and Algeria are negoriaring
for rhe same.
PLAIN TRUTH September-October 1972
Israel has won preferencial rrade
concessions. as has arch-rival Egypr.
Lebanon is ncgoriari ng for che same
privilege. Even Spain has secured a
li mi red rrade pace
And now rhe rcach of rhc Corn–
mon Marker is beginning ro sprcad
beyond irs '·Eurafrican" concenrra–
rion~
On June
27.
rhe foreign members
of the presenr Common Marker Six
a,greed ro exrend rheir generalized
preferencial rrade policy ro a new
group of developing counrries -
again ro rake effecr on January
1,
1973. Benefining from chis dccision
will be a wide range of smaller
narions - Cuba. Bahrain, Qarar. che
Oman srares, Bangladesh. Bhuran.
Sikkim. and finally Fiji. Nauru,
Tonga and Wesrern Samoa.
A number of independent Brirish
Commomvealth narions in che Carib–
bean - norably Barbados, Jamaica
and Trinidad-Tobago - have made
known rheir desires for eventual asso–
cia tion sratus. perhaps by 1975.
Latín Tics Explored
In rccenr monrhs rhcre have been
increasing indicarions rhar Larin
America and rhe Communiry. rwo
arcas wirh numerous shared rradi–
rions. but withour srrong links du r–
ing rhc pasr half cenrury. may once
again
be
raking a genuine inreresr in
each orhcr.
The rcason is quirc dcar. Explains
rhe Common Marker's official publi–
carion,
Europe(l/1
CommtmÍ~).
in a
frank assessmenr:
"Today, l..arin America wekomcs
ríes wirh Europe more than any fu r–
rher links wirh che U.
S.,
which has
economically and polirically domi–
nared rhe arca for rhe pase half-cen–
rury.... The Communiry has had few
colonies in rhe region and chus is not
associared . .. with rhe era of depend–
ence rhat rhey are now srriving
ro
end."
Thc new Larin desire coincides
with rhe growing rhrear of nacion–
al izarion of American-owned indusrry
NO MORE CUSTOMS!
Beginning January 1, 1973, six additional European nations
ore scheduled to embork on o four-yeor progrom with the ten Common Morket no–
tions to reduce toriffs on industrial goods to virtually zero.