TRADE AND TARIFFS.
NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH U.S.A.
DECISIONS AT OTTAWA;
EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT SOUGHH
"It is intended to enter into with any foreign .country until the Government has had an opportunity of fully considering the results of the recent Imperial Economic Conference," stated the Prime in a letter read at the meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce this morning. At its last meeting the chamber decided to ask the Prime Minister to take advantage of the presence of the Minister of the Hon. W. Downie Stewart, at Ottawa, to make overtures to the Government of the United States of America with a vievr to negotiating a reciprocal trade agreed ment. : .
Following the suggestion of an importer, the jchamber decided to inform the Prime Minister that various trade interests likely to be affected by the tariff adjustments to be made as a result of decisions at Ottawa • were very anxious that the exact nature of the agreements and the intentions should'-be made known as soon as possible. "It was realised that, sSwf : * survey of Customs duties had >to "be made,, a complete answer could- not.;be given offliand, but it would be desirable if an early announcement could be made as to what action was to be taken by the Government,to give prompt effectto the Ottawa arrangements."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 207, 1 September 1932, Page 8
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