FRENCH CUSTOMS TARIFF
PROPOSED REVISION. BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ALARMED. ’nitvd Prebs Association. Copyright (Received Feb. 14, 4.30 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 13. A British Chambers of Commerce have been greatly stirred lately at the prospect of losing a large proportion jf trade under tlie projected French tariff revision. Protests have been .naflg tiiat the declared charges are ;ike!y -to damage the entente. It is ::-ow announced that the French Government decided to oppose a number A tlie proposals embodied in the Customs Committee’s Bill, on the ground that they are calculated to unfavorably affect France’s relations with .ore-’gn Powers. The Committee ..intends tiiat the Bill represents only a million sterling surcharge upon eign trade, compared with two mildons surcharge on French trade under foreign tariffs..
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2426, 15 February 1909, Page 5
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125FRENCH CUSTOMS TARIFF Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2426, 15 February 1909, Page 5
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