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European Payments Union and Negotiations on the Accession of Yugoslavia
European Payments Union and Negotiations on the Accession of Yugoslavia

Author(s): Kornelija Ajlec
Subject(s): Economic history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Yugoslavia; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; OEEC, economic aid; European Payments Unio

Summary/Abstract: Through the prism of original resources kept by the US National Archives, and secondary literature, the article deals with the American aspect of the negotiations for the accession of Yugoslavia to the European Payments Union (EPU), which operated between 1950 and 1958, with the primary objective of eliminating obstacles in the Western European trade. Yugoslavia never become a full member of the Union; it did, however, became affiliated with it just before the Union was abolished, when Yugoslavia achieved currency convertibility for foreign trade balances.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 151-169
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English