Which organization served as the economic counterpart to the Warsaw Pact for the Eastern Bloc?
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Correct answer: COMECON
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) aimed to coordinate economic policy and trade among socialist states. It was the Soviet response to the American-led Marshall Plan.
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