BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
FRENCH TARIFF REVISION. "LIKELY TO DAMAGE THE ENTENTE." •;: BRITISH -PROTESTS.' (BY IEtEOEArfI—PKESS; ASSOCIATION—eoFYBIdET.) .'v ; . (Rco.Fobruary 14i4;30p.m.) • : : - . ■ ; ;. London, February 13. -The British, Chambers of "Commerce have been greatly stirred; latoly at' tho' prospect of: , .losing a largo proportion of.trade under tho .projected French tariff: revision.. Protests were, made declaring that'the charges were likely to damage tho entente , ■ .• '[ It ia now-announced that tho.French Government, has "decided to. oppose a" number of.' the proposals embodied in'-', the! ..Customs Committee's .'• Bill on. the ground! that 'they aro calculated unfavourably to'affect France's' relations with foreign; Powers.' .- ;;. The, Committee contend that the Bill tcpresonts only a million sterling surcharge upon foreign trade compared with a two million '■ surcharge on French trade under foreign' ■tariffs.--.'- ~',;•' ''■' '■ ' -v: '■' ■'■ ;' ''. ~ :
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 7
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122BRITAIN AND FRANCE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 7
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