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Economic exchanges between East and West, in the broadest seiise, that is including not only trade but also technological transfers and industrial co-operation, were conceived from the beginning both as a contribution to détente and as one of its most authentic manifestations. In other words, the strengthening of economic ties appeared as one of the results of the relaxation of tensions between the two blocs. But, conversely, the co-operation was also regarded as a powerful means of raising détente to a higher level. In brief, this cooperation, during the 1960s and even more in the early 1970s, was given a marked ideological meaning, sometimes professed in Messianic fashion, with trade being described as a carrier of freedom.
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© 1982 Giuseppe Schiavone
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Laulan, Y. (1982). East-West Co-operation, Détente and Security. In: Schiavone, G. (eds) East-West Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06327-7_1
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