Cargo Preference Provision of the Export Expansion and Regulation Act: Hearing, Ninety-first Congress, First Session. July 10, 1969, Svesci 22-23U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - Broj stranica: 128 Considers amendment to the Export Expansion and Regulation Act to remove certain cargo preference provisions relating to exports to Eastern Europe in American bottoms. Focuses on grain trade. |
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50 percent agricultural commodities American bottoms American ships American-flag ships AMSTUTZ balance of payments Banking and Currency bloc countries Bulgaria cargo preference laws cargo preference regulations cargo preference requirement Chairman commercial exports commercial sales Committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY corn cost Czechoslovakia DAVIS Department East Germany East-West trade Eastern Europe economic Expansion and Regulation Export Control Act export license feed grains foreign-flag grain exports grains to Eastern HALL Hungary interest JOHN SPARKMAN legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Maritime Administration maritime industry ment merchant fleet million part-cargo President provision question restrictions Russian section 4(f Senator BROOKE Senator GOODELL Senator HUGHES Senator MONDALE Senator MUSKIE Senator PACKWOOD Senator WILLIAMS shipbuilding shipments Short tons Soviet bloc Soviet Union statement Subcommittee taxes testimony tion tons transaction TREZISE U.S. flag U.S. grain U.S. merchant marine U.S. Senate U.S. wheat U.S.-flag shipping United waiver wheat and feed wheat flour world market
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