CANADIAN TRADE AGREEMENT
APPROVAL BY HOUSE OF COMMONS [United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright] (Received 28th April, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, 27th April. A resolution amending the Ottawa Agreements Act for the purpose of giving effect to the new Canadian trade agreement was approved by the House of Commons by 265 votes to 126 after certain features of the agreement had been criticised by Labour and Liberal speakers on the grounds that it was inopportune, at a time when trade negotiations might be impending, to diminish the elasticity of the tariff position.
The President of the Board of Trade recommended the agreement as part of the Government’s general policy of reducing trade barriers. The duty reductions covered about 40 per cent, of British trade with Canada. He thanked the Canadian Government for having met the British Government most generously. The agreement would increase Imperial trade without increasing a single duty on foreign goods on either side.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 28 April 1937, Page 5
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