BRITAIN AND CUBA.
TRADE TREATY SIGNED. AN IMPORTANT CONCESSION. AGITATION IN UNITED STATES. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. The Havana correspondent of the New York Times says he is informed that a trade treaty between Britain and Cuba has just been signed. It permits British firms established there freely to employ their own nationals. This is the sole exception to Cuba’s highly nationalistic labour laws and it is causing much agitation among American business men. No copies of the treaty are available. Both the Cuban Government and the British Legation are making every effort to keep the terms secret until it goes to the Senate for ratification. Americans particularly resent discrimination in view of the advantages Cuba gained from the reciprocity treaty with tiie United States and the sugar quota which America granted to the island. The hope is expressed that the same privileges will be accorded to Americans when the present reciprocity treaty terminates in August.
A message from Washington says it Is announced that a reciprocal trade agreement between the United States and El Salvador lias been signed at San Salvador. This effects a sharp reduction in duties on American exports
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20125, 22 February 1937, Page 7
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