Reviewing Palestine’s trade opposition in wartime, the periodical Economist assert that the war has brought to Palestine special difficulties but on the other hand has ended “burning Arab-Jewish differences.” The magazine points out that Arabs are again frequent in Jewish shops and Arab stands have again appeared in Jewish markets.
The war has also resulted in the growth of certain industries, the Economist states. Such products as textiles, metalwares nd pharmaceutics which were formerly imported are now being manufactured locally and even, in the case of pharmaceutics, are being exported.
The Syrian-Lebanon trade treaty is described by Economist as the most important legislative act of the past months, replacement of the obsoletely open frontier by most-favored-nation treatment representing a considerable improvement from the Palestine standpoint.
Pointing out that the marketing of the citrus crop is now the most important problem, the Economist state that although expectations regarding the shipment of 50 per cent of it to obtain better prices are not yet fulfilled, there is still some hope for improvement.
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