N.Z. AND NEW TRADE
Britain First Consideration (New Zealand Press Association! WELLINGTON, April 28. New Zealand would not seek new trade at the expense of Britain, said the Prime Minister (Mr Nash) this evening, when he was asked to comment on a report that Czechoslovakia had proposed a barter deal exchanging manufactured goods for Nejy Zealand butter. Mr Nash, who is also Minister of External Affairs, said he had received no communication from Czechoslovakia on the subject. He added that the Government was interested in all possibilities of new trade, but it would not develop trade at the* expense of Britain. New Zealand would also only take up trade with other countries in accordance with existing agreements on trade in strategic goods.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28572, 29 April 1958, Page 12
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