WESTERN EUROPE Bridge in Mid-Air For a decade, the nations of Europe had worked together in unprecedented harmony to free the Continent of its commerce-throttling trade barriers. Now there are two big blocs, at sixes and sevens. The Six got there first with a tightly knit Common Market, comprising France, West Germany, Italy and Benelux. Last week the Finance Ministers of the Outer Seven sat down in Stockholm to initial their new European Free Trade Association agreement, which is designed to lower tariffs within the group at about the same pace as...
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