Cooperation ? What are the prospects for East- West-South Tripartite Industrial During the seventies and the eighties, through Tripartite Industrial Cooperation (TIC), the countries of the East have become partners in the building of industrial complexes in developing countries. The participation of socialist Foreign Trade Organizations in the Western bidding on developing country contracts made it possible to lower the total cost of the projects. It is an especially creative practice on the part of the Western firms to look to the East for the support necessary for answering invitations for international bidding. TIC also underlines the desire of the East to play an increased role in the International Division of Labour. But at the sam...