JAPANESE SURTAX
CANADIAN GOODS PENALISED. RETALIATORY STEP TAKEN. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.30 pm. Ottawa, July 20. The Prime Minister, Mr. R. B. Bennett, announced to-day that the application by the Japanese Government of a 50 per cent, surtax to certain Canadian imports, including lumber and wheat, would 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 per cent ad valorem surtax on Japanese goods. Further negotiations are in progress.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1935, Page 5
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