Security Council, except in 1977, when Britain abstained on the resolution
for an arms embargo against South Africa.s" South Africa's other major
European trading partners-West
Germany, France, and Switzerland-
were also disinclined to risk their growing -trade and investments in South
Africa by taking action against apartheid.s '
Relations between South Africa and the United States became more
important as British power ebbed.f? The South African economy meant
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