Minister of Economics, announced today that he had ordered tests on decreasing the control over foreign exchange in order to encourage foreign trade. He considered greater freedom in the use of exchange for foreign trade may bring about an improvement in the Reich's exports.—Havas. standable. They were, first, to restrict the importation' of ordinary Dusiness materials in favour of con ¢ntrating on materials for munitions, and secondly, a desire to lower the unfavourable' trade balance in order to support the burden of the present hostilities.
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