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WORLD TRADE REVIEW

New trade deals

France/Brazil Financing for Tucurui dam (I). BOO mn. NAv IV francs sought

BRD/Brazil Financing for nuclear program (I). $6.5 billion With (KWU)

France/Brazil Glass plant. $29 mn. NAv II

Canada/ Argentina Four fission plants NA� NAv V

BRD (KWU)/ Argentina Fission plants. NAp NAv V

Nigeria /BRD-Austria Warri Steel Project. $1.126 bn. Deutschebank- III led group

West /South Korea Joint venture to produce equipment 20 mn. DM NAv Deutsche Babcock and Daeso in South Korea.

Agricultural Committee of International $200 mn. worth of agricultural equipment per $600 mn. Private- III Co-op. Alliance/Indian Agri. Co-ops. year for 3 years. M. Doumeng

France/Mexico 5 mn . tons oil per year starting 19BO/for NAv NAv Protocol CFP/Pemex technology. to be finalized shortly.

Mexico/Spain Mexico to supply oil for refining in Spain and ship­ NAv NAv Agreement ment throughout Europe. in principle.

Mexico/ Japan Oil for technology (deepwater port and off-shore NAv $350 mn. loan pipeline). to start

Mexico/Soviet Union/Cuba Triangular deal - Mexico to supply all oil to NAv NAv Informal Cuba; Soviet Union to supply agricultural mach­ IV inery to Mexico.

Algeria/Poland/ Japan Polimex-Cekop (PoL) and Morubeni-Hitochi (Jop.) NAv NAv II to build 2 fertilizer plants for Sonatrach.

Cancelled deals

Brazil/ Soy oil plant. NAv NAv II

Brazil/Iron 1.2 mn. kilowatt hydroelectric dam. NAv NAv IV

BRD/Brazil Nuclear program. May be reduced from 8 to 4 plants, says future Brazilian Energy Minister.

U.S./lran 8 U.S. built nuclear reactors for Iran. $20 bn. NAv { Cancelled ,""I France / Iran 2 nuclear reactors for Iran. $ 3 bn. NAv further notice W. Germany. Iran 6 nuclear reactors for Iran. $10 bn. NAv

Abbroviations:

U = Undetermined Sta1�": III = Deal 'igned

NAp = Not applicable I = Signed. work in progress IV :; In negotiation

NAv = Not available II = Signed, controcts issued V = Prellmlnory tolks

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