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The Netherlands in Europe and the World

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The Netherlands keeps strong and extensive international economic and political relationships with other countries in the world and in particular in Europe. These have certainly contributed to its flourishing post-war economy and its relatively prominent international status. Prior to WWII, however, this international position was significantly more modest. The Netherlands faced rapidly increasing unemployment rates (from 6 to nearly 20% of the workers) since the 1929 economic crisis while the country was politically neutral and international trade was at a much lower level. That position changed fundamentally since WWII when the Netherlands became a NATO member and a founding member of the European Community. This chapter presents a review of the changing patterns of international trade, the international position of Dutch cities and Dutch foreign policy.

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De Pater, B.C. (2019). The Netherlands in Europe and the World. In: The Netherlands and the Dutch. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75073-6_6

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