extension which amounts to a declaration of economic warfare against the whole of southern Africa and which my Government, for one, could not countenance, is the proper application of the existing comprehensive sanctions. 22. I join with pthers in paying tribute to the three African delegations that drafted the original proposals on which the sanctions Committee worked. Their purpose is one which we fully share, The plain fact is that, as the statistics reveal, far too much trade in Rhodesian products is continuing under the guise of exports from Rhodesia’s neighbours. The essential is to ensure that all countries’ imports from, as well as exports to, Rhodesia’s neighbours are confined to what is legitimate trade and are not disguised trade with Rhodesia. 23. But this is easier said than done. International com- merce is a complex affair. Two things flow from this. The first-and here I have to part company with those who complain that the sanctions Committee has become too technical-is that those who are responsible for the develop- ment of illegal trade with Rhodesia have resorted to complex technical means of evasion of sanctions. To take one aspect of this, trade with Rhodesia is not just amatter of whether or not a country trades with any southern African country or Territory. The illegal deals which are set up seldom if ever involve direct trade of this sort, but involve indirect trade. Indeed, a good deal of the world’s legitimate trade is of -the indirect nature. These illegal deals are nearly all arranged by a middleman who may be a national of virtually any country in the world. He buys the Rhodesian goods and-sometimes not until they are on the high seas-arranges a contract with a buyer, declaring the goods, of course, as being of any origin other than Southern 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the application of economic sanctions against Rhodesia, a country in southern Africa, and the challenges of enforcing these sanctions due to complex international trade practices. It highlights the need to ensure that all trade is legitimate and not disguised trade with Rhodesia.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development