MAJOR QUESTIONS
THE BRITISH ATTITUDE Rugby, June 19. An importa'nt statemeht regardihg the Br'itish attitude towards some of the majOr questions he.fofe tlie economic" cOmmission was' made v/hen the commission discussed the commercial poliiiyl The French delegate, M. Siirdut, s'ugge.sted that the first d'uty ivas to ai'ih at abolishing the existirig anarcliy of production. Agreement between producers afford'ed the logical poiiit of departure fo'r the discussion. The suggestion was iio't persisted in and the' dOlegates of Greeee, Belgi'uih, Russia and Uruguay spOke oii the urge.iiey of removing trade barriers. "The French contention received suppor't from'Herr Goose (Germany) and lat'er Mr. W. Runciman (Britain), expressed the view that these pro^
posals for the regulation of production were not in cohflict with the general aim to lower the obstacles to international trade. He warned the delegates against liviiig in a world of make believe, in dealing with trade barriers. Tariff reductions would he a burden unless real and effective. Multilateral reductions would make no new purpose unless they covered a very wide area. The British delegation would not wish for multilateral arrangements, which penalised countries oh a low tariff basis. The sacrifice should not be disproportionately • borne by low tariff' countries.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 563, 21 June 1933, Page 5
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