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The Marshall Plan was a US program of aid for economic recovery designed for Europe. Its main goal was to help Western European countries to rebuild their economies ravaged in the Second World War. The United States provided more than $15 billion. Other purposes were to remove trade barriers, modernize industry, reduce poverty and build prosperity. It was announced by secretary of state George Marshall, it started in 1948. 16 countries benefitted from the plan.
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