Trade with the Enemy – Trade and Economic Contacts as a Means for the Economic Reconstruction of Bulgaria at the End of 1944 and in 1945

Mirena Mitova ()
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Mirena Mitova: Institute for Historical Studies - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, 2023, vol. 8, 176-185

Abstract: The article seeks the importance of foreign trade for the revival of the Bulgarian economy in the decisive stage of the Second World War at the end of 1944 and in 1945, when Bulgaria was in international economic isolation. The effect on Bulgaria's commercial and economic contacts of the restrictions of the American and English law on "trading with the enemy" imposed on the satellites of the Third Reich is traced. Western companies' fear of breaking the law made Bulgaria's foreign trade with Western European countries almost impossible at the end of 1944 and in 1945. Against this background, the attempts of the first OF government to stimulate industrial processes in the country by resuming Bulgaria's foreign trade relations with Western European countries are considered, despite the orientation towards the USSR and the sanction measures of the Western allies. Archival documents from the funds of the Ministry of Trade and Food, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, as well as scientific publications dealing with Bulgaria's foreign trade relations at the end of 1944 and in 1945, were brought to the aid of the study.

Keywords: Bulgaria; foreign trade; Western trade embargo; economic contacts; World War ²²; East-West Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N44 N74 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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