Too Far Away, Too High and Too Stable

The EEC and Trade with Australia During the 1960s

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20437304
AutoresN Piers Ludlow (London School of Economics and Political Science, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen41
Número3
Páginas267-286
Fecha de publicación2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Economic History Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0004-8992 • E-ISSN: 1467-8446
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-8446.00087
OpenAlexW2003131384
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas2

The EEC of the 1960s had little reason to prioritize trade with Australia: trade flows were too small and political ties between Australia and continental Europe too weak. That trade with Australia did become an issue of concern is thus largely due to Britain’s 1961 EEC application. The shape of the deal that looked like emerging in 1961–3 was, however, highly ungenerous – a fact which reflected both the nature of Australian exports and a strong European belief that Australia was less ‘deserving’ than other Commonwealth countries. Australian relief at de Gaulle’s veto may, however, have been premature, since early British membership of the Community might well have been in Australia’s medium‐term commercial interest

Commonwealth · Economics · International economics · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Veto · Australian History and Society · Law