FREEDOM OF TRADE.
MR ROOSEVELT’S SUPPORT. GENEVA, Sept. 28. Delegates to the League Assembly were surprised when the president (Dr. Benes) read a message from President Roosevelt supporting the motion moved by Dr. E. L. Burgin (Parliamentary Secretary to the British Board of Trade) in favour of bilateral tariff reduction and a currency agreement. President Roosevelt declared that he particularly desired to reduce restrictions on international trade. TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. CANADA AND AMERICA. Received September 30, 8.5 a.m. WINNIPEG, Sept. 29. Negotiation of a trade pact with the United States is now under consideration and will mean the lessening of payments on imports from the United States of nearly 6,000,000 dollars affecting some 700 items, Mr R. B, Bennett, the Canadian Prime Minister, said in an address.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 259, 30 September 1935, Page 7
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