BRITISH EXPORT TRADE
FURTHER WARNING ISSUED PROTECTION AT ALL COSTS * LONDON, Jan. 2A A further warning that Britain would protect her export trade at all costs and the German views on the subject were features of the annual dinner of the German Chamber of Commerce for • the • United Kingdom. Dr Wiehl, commercial director of the German Foreign Office, said exchange controls and clearing payment agreements had been forced on Germany by creditors, creating the present difficulties. He considered the recent changes in AngloGerman foreign trade did not justify alarm in Britain. He thought the situation could be settled by arrangement. Mr R. S. Hudson said: “ I disagree apropos the cause of Germany’s economic difficulties. They are due to the development of the internal market under the stress of the rearmament and four-year plan. I believe a settlement of international difficulties by peaceful negotiation would be overwhelmingly supported throughout Britain. I think we are entitled to expect a friendly gesture in return.” Mr Hudson added that an active export policy was a vital national interest which Britain would defend to the limit, but she did not desire to achieve this to the detriment of others.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23717, 26 January 1939, Page 11
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