TRADE TREATY
FR ANCO-AMERICAN
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■- WASHINGTON, May 6. The Franco-American Trade Treaty was*' 1 signed to-cTay by Senator • Hull (Secretary of State) and the French Ambassador, M. Laboulays. Pending publication of the text on May 13, the details are not to be disclosed. , The State Department is drawing attention to the, fact that this is the thirteenth trade agreement made since June of 1934, and is. the fifth with a European country. It is indicated that the treaties will provide improved opportunities for the expansion of trade in special products of special interest to each country. In addition to • duty concessions and quota increases by France, and' duty concessions by the United States on carefully selected lists of produtes, the agreement provides generally for, a substantial mea-sure-.of.the most-favoured nation treatment, bv each: country of the commerce of 5 tile-other, '<
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1936, Page 5
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