RETALIATORY MEASURES
AMERICAN TARIFF MACHINERY.
LONDON, 11th October. The Washington correspondent of the ''Journal of Commerce" Bays that Britain's tariff preferences to the Dominions, announced at the Imperial Conference, are regarded in administration circles a.3 a direct challenge to the United States to enact the retaliatory measures made possible under the American tariff law, and an appreciable extension of the present preference will find President Coolidge squarely faced with the problem of protecting sugar, tobacco, and fruit-gTowers • under the wide discretionary powers of the Fordney taw, which requires the President to determine whether the public interest demands retaliation for foreign discrimination. The Administration, although reluctant to exercise these powers in view of the far-reaching international complications, would, nevertheless face them, insisting that Congress was anxious to protect the affected constituencies.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 7
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130RETALIATORY MEASURES Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 7
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