UN General Assembly
1957

100. This is not a “neo-colonialist” policy, as some people claim, but a mobilization of part of Europe's capital resources for use in Africa. Nor does it involve any "strings”, or any concessions on the part of the recipient countries. On the contrary, our goal is to develop industrialization in those countries and to raise the standard of living of the population. For this reason, arrangements have been made’ by which the countries concerned can increase certain customs tariffs in order to protect their nascent industries.