DAIRY PRODUCE TRADE
AGREEMENT WITH CANADA
CRITICISM BY MR. \V. A. lORNS
| BY TEt.KtJRArH- PRESS ASSOCfATIO.N']
WANGANUI, Thursday
As far as its value, to the New Zealand industry is concerned, the trade agreement signed at Honolulu by the Hon. Downic Stewart and Mr. H. H. Stevens, on behalf of New Zealand and Canada respectively, is not worth the paper it is written on," said Mr. W. A. lorns, chairman of the Dairy Board, in an interview to daw
Mr. lorns said there was a vital clause in the agreement which niado provision that, notwithstanding the fact that New Zealand exporters of dairy produce we.v prepared to pay high import duties, they had to have tho acquiescenco of tho Canadian Government before produce could enter Canada. On tho other hand, there was "no such protection as far as New Zealand was concerned. Tho Canadian Government was in a position to refuse to let New Zealand produce in.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21349, 25 November 1932, Page 14
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156DAIRY PRODUCE TRADE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21349, 25 November 1932, Page 14
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