Romania and the Beginning of CMEA Controversies over a Common Trade Policy Towards the EEC, 1969–1972.

COUNCIL for Mutual Economic Assistance; EUROPEAN Economic Community

This article examines Romania's opposition to the attempts of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) in the early 1970s to adopt a common trade policy towards the European Economic Community (EEC). The article covers the period between 1969, when the CMEA embarked on negotiations regarding the deepening of the intra-bloc cooperation and integration, and 1 January 1973, which is the date marking the end of the derogations that the Eastern European states received with regard to the implementation of the EEC's Common Commercial Policy. The article focuses on Romania's reasons and tactics of opposition, but it also outlines its views with regard to the EEC, in general, and the CMEA-EEC relations, in particular. Corroborated by findings involving studies in other Eastern European archives, this article will help to create a better understanding of the CMEA debates on integration, on the CMEA-EEC relations, in general, and on Romania's opposition to the CMEA's intended common policy towards the EEC, in particular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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