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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Economic Cooperation Agreement BETWEEN THE United States of America AND THE Kingdom of Belgium PREAMBLE The Governments of the United States of America and of Belgium; Recognizing that the restoration or maintenance in European coun- tries of principles of individual liberty, free institutions, and gen- uine independence rests largely upon the establishment of sound economic conditions, stable inter- national economic relationships, and the achievement by the coun- tries of Europe of a healthy econ- omy independent of extraordinary outside assistance; Recognizing that a strong and prosperous European economy is essential for the attainment of the purposes of the United Nations; Considering that the achieve- ment of such conditions calls for a European recovery plan of self- help and mutual cooperation, open to all nations which cooperate in such a plan, based upon a strong production effort, the expansion of foreign trade, the creation or maintenance of internal financial stability and the development of economic cooperation, including all possible steps to establish and Accord de Cooperation Economique ENTRE LES Etats-Unis d'Amerique ET LE Royaume de Belgique PREAMBULE Les Gouvernements des Etats- Unis d'Amerique et de Belgique; Reconnaissant que le r6tablisse- ment ou le maintien dans les pays d'Europe des principes de liberte individuelle, des institutions libres et de l'independance veritable dependent, pour une large part, de la realisation de conditions 6conomiques saines, de rapports economiques stables entre les na- tions et du retour des pays d'Eu- rope a une economie viable, inde- pendante de toute assistance ex- terieure exceptionnelle; Reconnaissant qu'une 6conomie europ6enne forte et prospere est essentielle pour atteindre les buts des Nations Unies; Considerant que la realisation de ces conditions appelle un plan de relevement de l'Europe d'entr'- aide et de cooperation mutuelle, accessible a toutes les nations qui y coopereront, fonde sur un effort energique de production, sur le developpement du commerce in- ternational, l'etablissement ou le maintien de la stabilite financiere interieure et le developpement de la cooperation economique, y com- Principles of Agree- ment. 2174

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