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1. Boxer Protocol

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   Legacy and Dissolution
   The indemnity payments were largely completed only in the 1930s. The final installment of the Boxer indemnity was reportedly transferred from the Chinese Customs Revenue Service to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)) in Basel, Switzerland, on 29 December 1938. However, historical consensus suggests that the portion allocated to the United States was fully disc…

2. Far Eastern Commission

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   Dissolution and Legacy
   The functional authority of the Far Eastern Commission began to wane significantly after the conclusion of the Allied occupation, particularly following the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco in 1951. Although the FEC was never formally dissolved by a final ratification document, its operational budget was frozen by a unilateral vote in the US Congress in late 1952, citing "redundancy regard…

3. Havana Charter

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   Failure of Ratification and Legacy
   Despite being signed by 53 nations in Havana in 1948, the Charter faced immediate political headwinds, particularly in the United States. The US Congress, wary of granting an international body regulatory authority over domestic employment policy (Chapter II) and investment rules (Chapter V), failed to pass the necessary implementing legislation before the close of the 79th Congress…