Reciprocity Treaties with Latin America: Message of the President of the United States and Letter of the Secretary of State Submitting the Recommendations of the International American Conference |
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12 per cent ad valorem adopted American countries American nations American Republics amount of breadstuffs Argentine delegates Argentine Republic Bolivia Barley Biscuits Brazil Uruguay Ecuador butter Central America Colombia Cheese coarse wools Colombia Venezuela Brazil commerce Congress corn meal Crackers customs dues customs union dozen 15 Dried Ecuador Argentine Republic exchange EXPORTS TO LATIN Fish Flour free list free trade furniture gross In water Gross weight import duties increase the trade International American Conference June 19 Kerosene Provisions Lard Latin America manufacture of carpets manufactured products merchants Mexico Central America natural or manufactured obtained by free Paraguay partial reciprocity pending tariff Peru Population ports preserved meats PRESIDENT profitable promote their common reciprocal commercial treaties RECIPROCITY TREATIES refined petroleum Republic Bolivia Chili salted SECRETARY showing the duties South America Starch SUBMITTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS tariff laws total exports TREATIES WITH LATIN United unrestricted reciprocity Uruguay Ecuador Argentine valorem Venezuela Brazil Uruguay wool-grow
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Page 1 - This fact was very strongly urged, to the end that at least equal advantages should be given to the products of a friendly country with which we are endeavoring to build up a trade. Excepting raw cotton, our four largest exports during the last fiscal year were breadstuffs, provisions, refined petroleum, and lumber. The following statement shows the total exports of each of said articles in 1889, and the proportion exported to Latin America: These figures should be closely studied. It would be difficult...
Page 7 - ... end should be approached by gradual steps. The first and most efficient step in that direction is the negotiation of partial reciprocity treaties among the American nations, whereby each may agree to remove or reduce the import duties levied by it on some of the natural or manufactured products of one or more of the other nations/ in exchange for similar and equivalent advantages...
Page 2 - ... mining and mechanical machinery, structural steel and iron, steel rails, locomotives, railway cars and supplies, street cars, and refined petroleum. I mention these particular articles because they have been most frequently referred to as those with which a valuable exchange could be readily effected. The list could no doubt be profitably enlarged by a careful investigation of the needs and advantages of both the home and foreign markets. The opinion was general among the foreign delegates that...
Page 2 - To escape the delay and uncertainty of treaties it has been suggested that a practicable and prompt mode of testing the question was to submit an amendment to the pending tariff bill, authorizing the President to declare the ports of the United States...
Page 7 - American countries as it may be in their interest to make them, under such a basis as may be acceptable in each case, taking into consideration the special situation, conditions, and interests of each country, and with a view to promote their common welfare.