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In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, recounts how he accompanied Jean Monnet, Franz Etzel and Dirk Spierenburg on their trip to the United States to negotiate the first loan from the US to the High Authority.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, emphasises the importance of the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) for the ECSC, which initially lacked a common customs tariff.