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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154968603321

Autore

Drummond Ian M

Titolo

Negotiating freer trade : the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and the trade agreements of 1938 / / Ian M. Drummond, Norman Hillmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1989

ISBN

0-88920-823-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HillmerNorman

Disciplina

382.091724

Soggetti

Free trade - Great Britain

Free trade - Canada

Free trade - United States

Great Britain Commercial treaties

Canada Commercial treaties

United States Commercial treaties

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Illustrations; Preface; 1. An Unpromising Environment; 2. Talks About Talks; 3. Mackenzie King and the British; 4. Canadian Complications; 5. From ""Contemplation"" to ""Negotiation""; 6. Discussions to Some Purpose; 7. The Dominions in the Later Stages of the Negotiations; 8. The End at Last; 9. Conclusion: The Trials of Trilateralism; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

On November 17, 1938, Great Britain, the United States, and Canada, after four years of discussion and manoeuvre, signed two wide-ranging and interlocking trade agreements. A few large elements dominated the talks. The Americans wanted to breach the walls of the British imperial preferential tariff system. The British were anxious to retain markets and political support in the British dominions and the Baltic, while protecting their domestic agriculture and improving political relations with the United States. Canada, whose acquiescence and co-operation were necessitated by the pre-existin