ALL AGREED
NATIONS WILL REDUCE TRADE BARRIERS AGREEMENT AT GENEVA British Official Wirei^ss RUGBY, Tuesday. Replying to questions in the House of Commons about the proceedings at the Geneva Tariff Conference, Mr. W. Graham, president of the Board of Trade, who took part in the discussions, said he was glad a convention had been signed, also a protocol regarding future negotiations for reducing trade barriers. Mr. Graham was asked whether his attention had been called to a statement by the chairman of {s committee to the effect that if they uad taken a first hesitating step that was all they had done, and whether that justified optimism? The Minister replied that it was true that the convention signed fell short of the original draft, but in his opinion it was a very valuable document. A member inquired whether the documents precluded any step being j taken by the British Government to I safeguard any enterprise in Britain, i Mr. Graham said he thought the effect would be to give a basis on which to proceed to negotiations for a discussion of a reduction in tariffs in Europe. He believed that would be of very great importance to the trade of Britain.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 932, 27 March 1930, Page 9
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201ALL AGREED Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 932, 27 March 1930, Page 9
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