The original version of the Schuman declaration founding in the website of the CVCE will be used in this question. The Virtual Resource Centre for Knowledge about Europe is the online reference database. The website proposes drafts, essay and final versions of the declaration. The one that will be used is a final version of the Schuman Declaration in English. First, it should not forget that Shuman made the declaration in French in Pairs the nine of May 1950. By using a writing one, mistakes could have been made during the transcription. There can also be mistakes due to the translation in English. However, the website is considered as academic and official for sources on European Integration. The origin of the declaration is likely to be …show more content…
The concern that the plan could create cartel as always be a question in doubt for the American. Indeed, Treverton (1992) mentioned that ‘the concern that the ECSC would limit competition and protect marginal producers ran through early American reactions’. This is the first link that can be made with the concerns of the US about cartels already mentioned in the primary sources. Secondly, Treverton also points the argument that this plan and more precisely the Franco-German reconciliation would ‘reducing the risk of a German-Russian rapprochement’. The choice of the United States was not hard following Treverton due to the Soviet pressure. Indeed, the cold war has a major impact on the position of the US. The most important point reliving by Treverton is that a more unified market in Europe made good politics for the US and good economy’. Even if Europe was doing this integration for herself, US had a significant advantage to a stronger European market. Indeed, Treverton mentioned the increase of trade between the European Community and Europe by 50 percent between 1958 and