H. Carpenter, Jr., Russell Keywords: Soviet Union | Joint ventures | East - West | Mots clefs: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques | Entreprises communes | OCCIDENT - ORIENT | ABSTRACT Several socialist countries had chosen to use joint ventures to open their economies to Western investment and capitalist enterprises. Several Eastern European countries had passed such laws in the 1970s, followed by China in 1979 and the Soviet Union in 1987. The main subject of Russel Carpenter`s course is Soviet Experience on Joint…