Can It Be Done
FREOE
TRADE
Sir, — I have jnst read a statement, made by the Minfster of Industries, and I seem to remember somefhing similar being said by other Ministers some time ago. Now, during the last few weeks we have had reports that Mr Nash has been -negotiating with Great Britain, Germany. and Canada for trade agreements, and that means the exchange of goods on a freer basis. It looks as though the ideas conflicted. How can a Government protect local industries and at the same time, by agreements, offer bigger markets to countries that export goods to us? If Mr Nash could not offer to take more German goods, let us say, how could he get any agreement? Then if more German goods come, they must compete with local products and all other imported goods. Mr Nash has been claiming that our tariffs are low, and so in favour of Britain, so that he conld hardly agree to increase them and make them less favourable — that is, if he wants to have larger markets there for our exports. I cannot see how, at one artfl the same time, any Government can promise to protect local industries and agree with overseas countries to * givo them bigger markets here. Can it bo done? — -Youth, efco..
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Hastings, August 4, 1937.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 171, 6 August 1937, Page 6
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