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  • Havana, Cuba
    May, 1959
    Fidel Castro

    The First Agrarian Reform

    Havana, Cuba
    May, 1959

    In May 1959, Castro signed into law the First Agrarian Reform, setting a cap for landholdings to 993 acres per owner and prohibiting foreigners from obtaining Cuban land ownership.




  • Geneva, Switzerland
    May, 1959
    World Trade Organization

    Dillon Round: 1960–62

    Geneva, Switzerland
    May, 1959

    The Dillon Round was a multi-year multilateral trade negotiation (MTN) between 26 nation-states that were parties to the GATT. The fifth round in the GATT occurred in Geneva and lasted from May 1959 through July 1962. The talks were named after U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Under Secretary of State, Douglas Dillon, who first proposed the talks. Along with reducing over $4.9 billion in tariffs with about 4,400 item-by-item cuts, it also yielded discussion relating to the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC).




  • Havana, Cuba
    May, 1959
    Fidel Castro

    The First Agrarian Reform

    Havana, Cuba
    May, 1959

    In May 1959, Castro signed into law the First Agrarian Reform, setting a cap for landholdings to 993 acres per owner and prohibiting foreigners from obtaining Cuban land ownership.




  • Geneva, Switzerland
    May, 1959
    World Trade Organization

    Dillon Round: 1960–62

    Geneva, Switzerland
    May, 1959

    The Dillon Round was a multi-year multilateral trade negotiation (MTN) between 26 nation-states that were parties to the GATT. The fifth round in the GATT occurred in Geneva and lasted from May 1959 through July 1962. The talks were named after U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Under Secretary of State, Douglas Dillon, who first proposed the talks. Along with reducing over $4.9 billion in tariffs with about 4,400 item-by-item cuts, it also yielded discussion relating to the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC).




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