5 janv. 1949 - Comecon
Description:
The Council of Mutual Economic AssistanceMembers:
USSR, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, (from 1950) GDR
- Soviet response to increasing Western unity and the Marshall Plan
- aimed to foster trade cooperation in Eastern Europe
- failed to have much significance initially
- established centralised economies in Eastern bloc countries, including collectivisation and 5-year-plans
- often detrimental to productivity
- viewed by the West as evidence of the growing influence of the Soviet Union
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
5 janv. 1949
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 76 ans