ANGLO-JAPANESE TRADE

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 August 1933, Page 7

ANGLO-JAPANESE TRADE

CONFERENCES ARRANGED. [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] RUGBY, August 9. It is anticipated that negotiations between representatives of the Indian and Japanese Governments for a new trade agreement will open at Simla about September 21. Mr. Samson, British Commercial Counsellor at Tokio, is attending, in an advisory capacity. Simultaneously, tripartite discussions between representatives of the industries concerned of Lancashire, India and Japan, will take place at Simla. These discussions will relate to the Indian market in respect of all classes of textiles, and to the British Colonial markets in which India is interested.

It is probable that before the Simla conversations open the Japanese industrial delegates will visit London for preliminary conversations with representatives of the British cotton textile and rayon industries, and the proposal for Simla tripartite discussions is made on the understanding that the discussions in India will be followed immediately by a discussion in this country, in regard to other textile markets, between industrial representatives of Britain and Japan.

The Japanese Ambassador, accompanied by Commercial Counsellor Matusyama, called on Board of Trade, to-day, and handed in the Japanese Government’s reply to Mr. Runciman’s letter of July 20. Certain points raised are now being examined, after which it is proposed that a further letter be addressed to the Japanese Ambassador. These points deal mainly with procedure. Arrangements for holding the discussions in India, and the subsequent discussions in London, are being proceeded with.