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aid bat to explore way* of removing some of the barriers which haver divided the world Into economic Woes Since Gre^t Britain, in the past, has ‘been inclined to erect its own.barriers flat gave an advantage to British Commonwealth nations in dealing with dollar traders, it was encouraging to hear Mr. Eden say that a sound world economy cannot be established on a regional basis but must he resolved on a world-wide scale. This thought was reemphasized by Mr. Butler who said that the Sterling nations no longer wanted preferences or a discriminatory bkJc with a ring fence around it Through our ‘givf away' program since the end of World War II our exports have been averaging fivd billion dollars a yfear more than our imports. Last year when we cut down’ on economic aid, our ^exports of farm products fell off thirty per cent and the effect upon farm prices soon was apparent Wheat, for example, dropped some thirty cents a bushel in the free market, notwithstanding exports under the International Wheat Agreement
For the last five weeks representatives of over forty nations have been
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