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... foreign debt after the mid - 1970s , largely in conjunction Foreign with the decline in international prices for petroleum . The debt country had to renegotiate its obligations to foreign lenders in the 1980s in order to meet debt ...
... foreign debt after the mid - 1970s , largely in conjunction Foreign with the decline in international prices for petroleum . The debt country had to renegotiate its obligations to foreign lenders in the 1980s in order to meet debt ...
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... foreign - owned specialty institutions emerging . In addition , in early 1985 transactions in foreign exchange were freed , and for the first time the exchange rate was floated in a competi- tive market . Transportation . In spite of ...
... foreign - owned specialty institutions emerging . In addition , in early 1985 transactions in foreign exchange were freed , and for the first time the exchange rate was floated in a competi- tive market . Transportation . In spite of ...
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... foreign policy was conducted by the Swedish foreign minister . From the 1880s , therefore , there was an increasing de- mand for an independent Norwegian foreign minister . In 1891 , Venstre won an impressive majority at the polls with ...
... foreign policy was conducted by the Swedish foreign minister . From the 1880s , therefore , there was an increasing de- mand for an independent Norwegian foreign minister . In 1891 , Venstre won an impressive majority at the polls with ...
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