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<text id=92TT1201>
<title>
June 01, 1992: In from the Cold
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
June 01, 1992 RIO:Coming Together to Save the Earth
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 24
WORLD
In from the Cold
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<p>Always aloof, Switzerland moves closer to its European partners
</p>
<p> Neutrality certainly has its benefits. By staying above the
fray in their landlocked mountain state, the Swiss have managed
to stay out of international conflicts while establishing
themselves as the world's private bankers. But last week the
governing Federal Councilors announced that they will apply for
membership in the European Community. Emboldened by a recent
popular vote that approved joining the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund, the government moved quickly to
cash in on an emerging approval of multinational organizations
among its citizens.
</p>
<p> Bankers and businessmen applaud the new overtures. But
Swiss farmers, whose subsidies are considerably higher than
those of the E.C., find the prospect of losing income
frightening. And in a country that currently does not have a
sales tax, the E.C.'s proposed 15% value-added tax is not
popular. But by joining the E.C., the Swiss stand to gain more
than they would have by staying out in the cold.
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</body></article>
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