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Soviet Dumping

jomicile. They regulate and control the whole of Soviet
trading activity in the given country. They are carrying
sut Soviet trade policy abroad. . . .
“ Foreign trade is one of the most important links in the
structure of Soviet economy. . .. Our Government, having
set itself the task of improving and extending Soviet industry
 to the utmost, pays special attention to forcing our
axports which are the basis for our currency fund...”
GANETSKY in Sovietskava Tovgovlia.

In other words, Soviet trade is entirely in the hands of
the Government which operates in foreign countries through
trusted agents. These agents, according to the same authority,
 “ enjoy the privileges of diplomatic immunity and they
pay no taxes to the country in which they are stationed.”
These agents know all the State secrets and their foremost
duty is to force the sale (exports) of Soviet commodities in
the countries to which they are appointed.
Nothing could be more lucid or more frank. But an even
more naive explanation of the purpose of the foreign trade
monopoly is given by the Soviet Commissar of Trade,
Mikoyan, and his assistant Kaufman. The former states
that

“ The Foreign Trade Monopoly is a special form of class
war between two economic systems that are diametrically
opposed—the Soviet and the Capitalist systems. The
monopoly is our WEAPON against the rich and powerful
~onntries

His assistant is even more bellicose in his explanation.
He savs

“ The Foreign Trade Monopoly plays the same part in
the sphere of foreign economic relations as the Red Army
blavs in the sphere of phvsical war.”

The aim of the Foreign Trade Monopoly is, therefore, to
fight *“ the rich and powerful countries "in a variety of ways
and methods. It is true that apologists for and from Russia
maintain that the monopoly is designed for the protection
of Russian industry from foreign competition. This apology
cannot be accepted ; it is obvious that Soviety industry is
already sufficiently © protected ’’ by prohibitive tariffs. The