RECIPROCAL TRADE.
(Australian and N Z. Cable Associations MELBOURNE, April 30. A deputation from the Australian Association of British Manufacturers asked the Minister for Customs for substantial and effective preference to be $iven British manufacturers in the. revision of the Custonfs tariff as a set-off against Britain's trade sacrifice in the war. The deputation, urged that it would be im- j possible to survive the competition of Japan and America without substantial preference, and asked for 20 per cent, minimum in place of the present 5 to 10 per cent. The Minister replied that the Government was endeavoring to give the amount of preference to Britain which the position justified. It, wqs not losing sight of the better opportunities of Japan and America for extending their trade during war time. If," however, the Commonwealth granted Britain a substantial preference, it would expect that Britain would reciprocate.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14900, 2 May 1919, Page 7
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