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President J.F. Kennedy was inaugurated in January 1961. It was an important moment in world affairs. European economic recovery was completed. The European economies were individually strong. The Six had embarked upon the formation of an economic union, and Britain and other EFTA countries were expected to join soon. The economic union was developing with unexpected speed. ‘Europe’ was beginning to take on a distinctive identity, and some voices in Europe were saying that the influence of the United States in political, economic, and security matters should be diminished.
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© 1996 Timothy E. Josling, Stefan Tangermann and Thorald K. Warley
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Josling, T.E., Tangermann, S., Warley, T.K. (1996). The Kennedy Round. In: Agriculture in the GATT. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378902_4
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