PREFERENTIAL TRADE.
BRITAIN’S POSITION. Press Association —-Copyright. LONDON, May 14.
Mr. Churchill, in reply to Mr. Cox, said the Colonial Premiers had made it clear that as their policy w’as to protect their producers from British or foreign competition, they cannot in any way reciprocate tho free, unrestricted access accorded to them in Britain’s markets. The Imperial Government, on the other hand, were not prepared to place new taxes on 'foreign imports into the United King* dom for the purpose' of affording further advantage to the self-governing colonies. (Cheers.) No question had arisen warranting a change in the colonial policy of protection or a change in the Motherland’s freetrade policy.
In the debate on the second reading of the Finance Bill, Mr. Austen Chamberlain moved an amendment to broaden the basis of taxation in the interests of social reform and national Imperial trade. After a prolonged discussion the debate was adjourned.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2081, 16 May 1907, Page 2
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