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chroughouc che Latín American area.
1n che firsr concrete move, Argen–
tina Jase year signed a non-preferencial
agrcemenr with che Commu ni cy. The
accord wenc inco effecr on January
l.
1972.
Ir provides easier access for
Argenrine beef exporrs to rhc Com–
mon Market. Obscrvers now believe a
similar agreemenr will soon be signed
wirh Uruguay.
The EEC Council of Miniscers has
gone on record scressing che need
ro
"insrirure lasring cooperarion"
berween rhe Communiry and Larin
Amcrica.
London's enrry inco che EEC is a
very critica) factor becausc of Brirain's
historie and srill exrensive rrading
relacionship wich Latín America's
"Big Three ABC counrrics'' -Argen–
tina, Brazil and Chile. The rluee can–
nor afford
co
be shur off from rhe
Brirish markcr once Brirain ducks
underneath che marker's exrcrnal car–
iff wall.
Two orher Communicy counrries
will figure prominenrly in furure
Latín affairs - Tcaly and Wcsr Ger–
many.
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cal(s inreresr in che arca is no
e
surprising. Apare from Portugal and
pain,Iralr is culrurallr closer ro mosr
Latín American cou ntries than are any
orher Europcan sraces. In addicion
ro
che similaricy in language and reli–
gion, anorher factor also operares
co
make l caly a logical li nk bcrween che
rwo regions: lcaly's rics with former
halians who havc emigraced ro Sourh
America. especially ro
Ar~enrina
and
Brazil.
The samc is rruc of Germany.
Many of her emigrancs have gone ro
Argcnrina, Uruguay and Chile. Ger–
mrt n businessmcn, wirh rhc encour·
agemenr of che
Germ:~n
governmenr,
are
makin~
grcar srride. in esrab–
lishing rhemsclves in che
:~rea.
The Biggest " \Vo rrier"
- W
ashingron
Thc pell-mell growrh of rhe Com–
mon Marker ancl irs enrangling web
of worldwide special arrangcmenrs is
cau:;ing
growin~
concern among che
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rhree big economic gianrs lefr on rhe
ourside of rhe new '"world empirc'' -
rhe Soviet Union. .Japan ami rhe
Unired Srares.
The Soviets are perplexed
as
tO
where che new capiralisr comperirion
on irs wesrern doorsrep is headed,
politically as well as economicall y.
Begrudgingly. Moscow has diplo–
marically recognized rhe Common
Marker. a scep ir posrponed as long as
ir could. Nor comforring ro rhe
Kremlin is che facr rhar some of ics
Easr European sarellires - norably
maverick Romanía - would like
ro
make rheir own deals with Brusscls.
Japan is primarily concerned abour
whar ir considers '"discrimin:uory"
barriers on irs exporrs
ro
che Commu–
ni ry - and undoubcedly fears such
resrricrions could grow as rhe EEC
'·empire" expands.
The Unired Scares is cxpressing rhe
grearesr concern ovcr che way rhe
Common Marker world order is
developing. Trade berween rhe
Unired Srares and rhe EEC is nor rhe
problern. Washingron srill enjors a
slighr edge on rmns-Atlanric CJ·adc,
rrade which has acruallr grearly
increased since che Common
~farker
was fonncd on January
l, 1958.
Even rhe Common Marker's associ–
arion agrccmenrs wirh former African
colonies, in effecr for seYeral years
now,
do
nor borher American
ofli–
cials
roo
grearl y.
Bur rhe new exclusive preferencial
agreemenrs being picked up around
rhe world are an enrirely diffcrenr
marrer.
·'The vasc nerwork of [Common
Market] preferencial rrading arrange–
menrs" according ro Presidenr
N ixon's depury special representative
for rrad<.: negoriarions. '"could encom–
pass more rhan 52 narions srrerching
from Finland ro Sourh Africa and
frorn Jamaica ro Mrtclrtgascar and
a!Jecting half
of
tbe u'Orld trae/e.··
Such agreemenrs. according ro
\XIilliam R. Pearcc. discriminare
againsr American exporrs in markers
rhroughour rhe world. Pearce warned
also of rtn Americrtn backlash againsr
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EEC Relationships,
existing and potential, with
nations and regions around
the world
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EEC policies. '"lmporranr clemenrs in
che business communirr, labor and
rhe Congress" he said, '"are becoming
increasing ly imparienr wirh a sysrcm
in which cerrain counrries can deny
our exporrs rhc same rerms rhey offcr
preferred supplics."
EEC oflicials. answering such
chrtrges. rejecr such labels as ··empire
building'' or "ncocolonialism." They
stress che poli rica) and economic
nec<.:ssity for each association pace or
preferencial arrangemenr so far made.
Mosr of che underdeveloped
nation~
PLAIN TRUTH September·Oc tober 1972