RECIPROCITY
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. TARIFFS
OPENING OF CONFERENCE
FEDERAL PROPOSAL REJECTED.
PRESS ASSOCIATION COPWfIHV.i (Received March 17, 11 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, This Day.
The first session of the conference be- \ tween Mr. W. Downie Stewart, New Zealand Minister of Customs, and Mr. A. S. Rodgers, Federal, Minister of Customs, has been held. Mr. Rodgers proposed a mutual exchange on the British preferential tariff in both countries as the basis for a trnde treaty. Ho explained that there, .was a mistaken impression in New Zealand, and also in Australia, that Now Zealand was placed on the general list as a deliberate policy. The Dominion was placed there temporarily, as a point to start negotiations for a reciprocal tariff arrangement. He desired the Dominion to understand that the Commonwealth would like closer trade relations with New Zsitland, ,aTid also a general linking-up on matters affecting trade and Empire problems.
Mr. Stewart replied that the offer was not acceptable in globo, and" submitted an alternative scheme, which the Tariff Board is to investigate. Speaking subsequently at a. luncheon, Mr. Stewart remarked that it was practically inrpossibfe to carry out an exchange, because New Zealand's production of foodstuffs wns similar to that of Australia.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 63, 17 March 1922, Page 7
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