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THE PROPERTY OF H I S B R I T A N N I O MAJESTY' S GOVERNMENT.
44
EORET.
,P. 403
OOPY N O .
(32)
C A B I N E T .
Commercial
Negotiations
Position
Memorandum b y
Negotiations
countries
will
for
be
have
to
secure
inoreased
the
for
now
of
Trade
British
(2)
general
comparatively
exportB o f
aotual
level
importance,
reductions
are
In
to
imposed
It
is
ready
to
achieve
the
below
Import
impossible
go
in
to
this
balance
advantages
seek
come
to
to
our
but
would
enable
our
trade
in
say
us
these
as
markets
quantities
of
goods from
Policy
of
the
have
any
adverse
-1­
it,
principal
agree
of
to
the
recommenda­
been
Scandinavia.
ought
in
to
eaoh
risk
of
of
of
obviously
markets
increasing
losses
to
our
inoreased
twofold,
of
to
merely
The o b j e c t s
balance
be
case
We 3hould
prospect
admission
take
we
usual
asked
Scandinavian
Scandinavia.
I
be
on t h e
as w o u l d n o t
the
exceeds
the
are,
visible
that
to
cases
trade.
interest
how f a r
British
the
Committee have
disadvantages.
show
other
than
result
that
in
number o f
levied
oases
Scandinavian
what
British
We s h a l l
in
of
oertainly
the
advance
position
to
of
duty
Advisory
against
a result
the p r e v i o u s
which
arrangements
various
higher
certain
Scandinavian
duty for
shall
the
in
in
as
of
we
direction.
existing
Tariff
lines
manufactures
trade
present
rates
Trade.
negotiations
(l)
limited
such an a r r a n g e m e n t
safeguard
home
this
Duties
these
the
of
in a
whore
those
on p a r t i c u l a r
to
(3)
and
the
the maintenance
limiting
products,
duties
of
and
in
by
low r a t e s
duty
undertakings
Scandinavian
reduce
of
for
with
objects:
ooal
imposed on i m p o r t a n t
order
give
tlons
security
the Board of
My a i m
principal
industries,
are
of
Countries.
Industry.
Agreements
started.
of
Fishing
President
three
use
the
with Foreign
the
trade
of
our
reduction
and
the
1n
Increase
our
of
employment
negotiations
should
aim a t
than any
of
should
of
of
our
employment
Scandinavia,
resulting
by
Th^ p o i n t ,
attention
is
expect
secure
to
at
shall
which
that
all
be
be
Unless
we a r o
negotiate
abandoned
at
the
my c o l l e a g u e s
any
which might
which
position
the
tho
the
they
is
the
ask
that
Import
fish.
Oommittee
The
are
to
wish to
coal
oall
having
in
to
cannot
make
order
of
to
the
arrive
to
reduce
Industry,
industry
g a i n e d more
face
mines.
we
some
and i t
we
will
of
be
told
to
than
such a
of
special,
negotiations,
that
to
they
3tand
situation
tariff
bargain
might
in f a c t
already
arisen.
Many
aware
a
recently
trawl
the
under
the
of
trawl
in
the
of
10 p e r
thi3
as
well
have
present
on
growing
negotiations
Industry advantages
The
applied
Committee f o r
cent,
of
country
forthcoming
fishing
fishermen
Advisory
at
become
our T a r i f f s .
Committee
not
have
fishermen
taken
from
Duties
duty
has
being
withhold
existing
fresh
must
steps
i n our
case
start.
oase
amongst
particular
becomes n e c e s s a r y
have
a
our
a particular
ready
to
in
complaints,
consolation
will
employment
example,
to
103s
more
be welcomed by
it
face
attempts
against
to
to
I
any
be
the
without
for
agreement,
have
in
tariff
not
now a f f o r d e d
of
any
will
employment
results
If,
interests
lose.
all
which w i l l
a poor
other
agitation
for
in
these
A particular
of
as
affected.
certainly
course
especially,
to
that
wo
greater
from
relaxation
increase
i.e.
b y a n amount
ensuring
such
however,
that,
protection
an
aim,
may r e s u l t
and a t
of
a satisfactory
the
to
more
a twofold
that
from
by
Kingdom. - Consequently
exports
an i n o r e a s e
some c o n c e s s i o n s
industries
our
tariffs,
trr.de s,
have
Imports
than c o u n t e r b a l a n c e d
exporting
the United
also
inoreaaing
inorease
relaxation
In
the
recently
prepared
present
some
time
an i n o r e a s e
importation
informed
to
ago
of
of
them
recommend
that
any
increase
of
to
their
ronew
duty
"The f i s h e r m e n
we may d o
future
of
in
are
the
from
Denmark a n d
about
of
the
undertaking
cent,
duty
on
such f i s h
present
be
what
question,
requests
Thus
pressed
of
it
this
requests
upon p a p e r
duties
on
timber
timber
already
the
however,
not
to
industries
in
should
be
obvious
and
to
yet
a position
and p o s s i b l e
conclusion
discuss
which
not
of
been
while
the
propose
to
the
thi3
shall
stabilise
I
concerned
to
in
the
feel
it
in
Scandinavian
to
present
commit
disadvantages
say
consider.
reduce
reduce
the
the
that
existing
existing
in
country
Duties
21st
November,
1932.
case
have
Advisory
which
has,
detail.
to
ask
British
may p u t
Government
picture
for
of
result
until
the
from
forward,
I
am
advantages
the
agreement.
R.
19th November,
Trade,
the
an a p p l i c a t i o n
W.
Board of
at
to
which might
any p a r t i c u l a r
will
particular
countries
a oomplete
cent.)
course,
affecting
the
Ottawa
have
this
­
per
several
necessary
any p r o p o s a l s
10
of
Import
protection,
the
or
are
one
to
or
been,
existing
may m e n t i o n
considered
I
is
their
Norway,
and w e
10 p e r
laid
it
nothing
imports
have
by
of
b e made
products.
the
cannot,
on
year.
that
considerable,
that
no doubt
increased
course
authority
I
will
interests
for
that
duty below
I
made a n a p p l i c a t i o n
Committee
Of
the
next
may p r e j u d i c e
precluded
k i n d w h i c h we
will
duties
of
is
early
countries,
maintain
are
for.
emphasis
but
to
(we
reducing
are
prepared
anxious
however,
Scandinavian
instituted,
an
certainly
matter
be
with which negotiations
that
from
the
negotiations
happens,
Iceland,
they w i l l
naturally
It
aware
Agreements
of
forthcoming
be,
that
accordingly
three
to
but
consideration
position.
fish
are
on f i s h ,
1939.