SOUTH AFRICA AND GERMANY
TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BRITISH - PREFERENCES SAFEGUARDED (United Service.) _ (Rec. Septeniber 4, 11.15 p.m.) Cape Town, September 44. The Union Government, announces that a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation has been concluded between the Union and Germany on a broad basis and has been signed by the plenipotentiaries of both Governments. The treaty follows the main lines of the Anglo-German Treaty of 1924. and is based on the principle of unconditional most-favoured nation treatment. Preferential tariffs to Britain continue to be reserved for Britain and the British Dominions and possessions. The existing preferences to Canada and New Zealand are also safeguarded. An agreement regarding reciprocal preferential Customs duties is reserved for later consideration. The treaty also contains provisions dealing with immigration, settlement, the legal position of nationals of the contracting parties, companies, and associations, and the admissions of consuls.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 288, 5 September 1928, Page 11
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144SOUTH AFRICA AND GERMANY Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 288, 5 September 1928, Page 11
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