Some Recent Thinking on Freight transport Pricing in France and Switzerland

Some Recent Thinking on Freight transport Pricing in France and Switzerland

In both France and Switzerland recent studies have urged freer competition and a minimum of state intervention in freight transport. The author doubts the feasibility of the proposals at present.

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