TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.
BRITAIN AND UNITED STATES. DEFINITE STEP FORWARD. United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day ,10.35 a.m.) LONDON, November 18.
The Prime Minister (Mr Neville Chamberlain) was greeted with applause from all parts of the House of Commons when he announced, in reply to the Leader of the Opposition (Major O. R. Attlee) that he was happy to state that exploratory discussions regarding an Anglo-American trade pact had reached a point enabling the governments concerned to announce that negotiations were contemplated. He added that this marked a definite step forward. A Washington report says that the paot will offset the anti-Commitem pact. ACTON BY AMERICA. SUGGESTIONS INVITED. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) WASHINGTON, November IS. The Secretary of State (Mr Cordell Hull) announced the intention of the United States to negotiate an AngloAmerican trade treaty and invited interested persons to submit suggestions regarding imports and exports of products that should be considered. Formal notice of the negotiations will “be issued at a later date after receipt of the proposals by the United Kingdom. There will also be published a list of products on which the United States considers granting concessions to the United Kingdom.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 34, 19 November 1937, Page 5
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