OVERSEAS TRADE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 200, 14 July 1936, Page 9

OVERSEAS TRADE

GOVERNMENT’S POLICY. MINISTER'S STATEMENT. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jnh- 13. An intimation of the order in which the Government intend to negotiate was given by the Minister of Marketing (Hon. W. Nash), in reply to a communication from the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, which conveyed the information that there was an impression in Japan that the Government would limit imports from that country. The secretary of the Auckland' chamber wrote to the Minister as follows: “Some of the Auckland export houses have received advice from' Japan which indicates that from re- 1 cent pronouncements hv vou it is expected in Ja.pan that the New Zealand

; Government will follow Australia’s re- ] cent action in connection with imports from that country, and that as a result Japan will adopt retaliatory measures against. New Zealand products. The export houses concerned are desirous of knowing ns soon as possible ! what the future holds for them in J connection with their trade with I Japan, and I am therefore asked to I inquire whether you would he good i ’ enough to state with some measure of i particularity your intention (if any) • regarding the future of imports from Japan.’’ To this letter the Minister replied : ■{“l have received your letter concerning the question of the Japanese and New Zealand trade agreement. As you know such an agreement exists at the , present time, and the New Zealand Government intend to negotiate reciprocal agreements with, first of all, the I United Kingdom, next with all coun- | tries of the British Commonwealth, and finally with the remaining countries. This covers the Government’s intention concerning trade agreements.’'