ABSTRACT
The proceeding studies of the East-West trade policies of the different Western countries have rightly considered foreign and security policy. The summary of Western policies clearly indicates differences in transatlantic interests and strategies. In contrast to Western Europe, the conservative security establishment made clear demands for strong export controls culminating in economic warfare. The attempt to broaden the unilateral US policy to a multilateral policy including Western Europe in order to make it more effective led inevitably to conflict with the West European countries. Western Europe and the United States have, however, supported countries such as Hungary and Rumania in their efforts to achieve greater autonomy by participating in multilateral organizations. The other Western European countries lay between the West German and the US positions. All Western states share the problems of balancing political, economic and security interests.
