Economic growth of LDCs depends decisively on the volume of foreign currency avaliable to them. Apart from financial aid, such currencies can only be earned by exports. However, almost 90 p.c. of all export revenue of LDCs flows from shipments of raw and base materials, and thus, increasing...

In spite of its importance for the economy, trade in developing countries has been falling short of the attention it deserves in discussions about development policies. It is all the more necessary, therefore, henceforth to make the very existence, and the increasing use, of trade consulting...

The union of the six states of the EEC has brought the largest trading power of the world into being in Europe. Its pesltion will be strengthened further by the accession of Great Britain and other states. The author, who is a Vice-President of the Commission of the European Communities,...

Japan's high and increasing trade and current account surpluses have aroused in the other industrialized nations a growing fear of Far Eastern competition. Some countries consider that protectionist measures are the only suitable response to increasing imports from Japan. Japan's "unfair"...