Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

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intergovernmental organization international economic organization

The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance was a Soviet-led economic organization that coordinated trade and development among socialist countries during the Cold War.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form As subject As object
CMEA 0 2
COMECON 0 2
Agreement on the Establishment of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance 0 1
Comecon 0 1
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (through the Bulgarian state) 0 1
Совет экономической взаимопомощи 0 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization →
international economic organization →
abbreviation Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
surface form: CMEA

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
surface form: COMECON
continent Europe →
coordinatedWith Warsaw Pact →
counterpartOf European Economic Community →
currencyUnit transferable ruble →
dissolved 1991 →
dissolvedDate 1991-06-28 →
economicModel central planning coordination →
foundedBy Soviet Union →
foundingLocation Moscow →
foundingTreaty Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Agreement on the Establishment of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
headquartersCountry Soviet Union →
headquartersLocation Moscow →
ideology Marxism–Leninism →
socialism →
inception 1949 →
inceptionDate 1949-01-25 →
legalStatus treaty-based organization →
mainOrgan Council Session →
Executive Committee →
Secretariat →
memberState Albania →
Bulgaria →
Cuba →
Czechoslovakia →
East Germany →
surface form: German Democratic Republic

Hungary →
Mongolia →
Poland →
Romania →
Soviet Union →
Viet Nam →
surface form: Vietnam
nativeName Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Совет экономической взаимопомощи
nonMemberParticipant Yugoslavia →
officialLanguage Russian →
operatedInPeriod Cold War →
politicalAlignment Eastern Bloc →
Eastern Bloc →
surface form: Soviet sphere of influence
purpose coordination of trade →
economic cooperation →
socialist economic integration →
regionServed Eastern Europe →
Soviet Union →
parts of Asia →
replacedBy bilateral trade agreements among successor states →
shortName Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
surface form: CMEA

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
surface form: COMECON
tradeSystem clearing ruble system →

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance → abbreviation → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: COMECON
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance → abbreviation → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: CMEA
BCP → affiliation → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
subject surface form: Bulgarian Communist Party
this entity surface form: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (through the Bulgarian state)
Bulgarian Communist Party → alignedWith → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party → alignedWith → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
this entity surface form: Comecon
Soviet–Hungarian relations → economicFramework → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
Eastern Bloc → economicOrganization → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance → foundingTreaty → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Agreement on the Establishment of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Polish–Soviet relations → hasKeyOrganization → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
Czechoslovakia → memberOf → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
East Germany → memberOf → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
Eastern Bloc regimes → memberOf → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
Polish People’s Republic → memberOf → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance → nativeName → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Совет экономической взаимопомощи
Czechoslovak Communist Party → participatedIn → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance →
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance → shortName → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: COMECON
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance → shortName → Council for Mutual Economic Assistance self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: CMEA