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

• Autore: Drummond Ian M
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1989
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 382.091724
• Soggetto topico: Free trade - Great Britain; Free trade - Canada; Free trade - United States
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Commercial treaties; Canada Commercial treaties; United States Commercial treaties
• Altri autori: HillmerNorman
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Negotiating Freer Trade
• ISBN: 0-88920-823-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154968603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II