RECIPROCAL TARIFF AGREEMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 80, 16 March 1933, Page 6

RECIPROCAL TARIFF AGREEMENTS

UNITED STATES MOVE. POLICY OF DEMOCRAT PLATFORM (Received 15, 12.30 p.m.) Washington, March 15. State Department officials indicated to-day that, if possible, reciprocal tariff agreements with various nations would be worked out in advance of the World Economic Conference. The department spokesman said thM whether it would be possible to negotiate reciprocal agreements would depend on whether the people of the various nations had suffered enough privations to bring them to the point of forcing political bodies to lower abnormally high tariffs. This Government be described as ready and desirous of contributing its full share to such a movement in accordance with the tariff policy of the Democrat platform. The Secretary. Mr Hull, expects to have a talk with Sir Ronald Lindsay before long and he then will state en behalf of the United States Government its broad desires in connecting with the Economic Conference. CANADA’S ATTITUDE. (Received 16. 1.20 p.m.) Ottawa, Mar. 15. The attitude of tho Canadian Government toward tariff matters has been that no definite action should be taken in the way of tariff policy until after the world monetary and economic conference. So far as the United States is concerned, Canada stands ready to negotiate reciprocal agreements, but the stand of the Government, as indicated in the recent debate in th* House of Commons, was that it wa* not the proper time for Canada to make overtures.