JAPANESE SURTAX
RETALIATION BY CANADA. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) Ottawa, July 20. The Prime Minister, Mr R. B. Bennett, announces that the application by the Japanese Government of a 50 percent. surtax to certain Canadian imports, including lumber and wheat, will be considered a violation of the AngloJapanese Treaty of 1911 to which Canada became a signatory in 1913. Canada will reply with a 33 1-3 ad valorem surtax on Japanese goods. Further negotiations are in progress.
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Southland Times, Issue 25342, 22 July 1935, Page 7
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