Imperial Economic Conference agreements

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The Imperial Economic Conference agreements were a series of 1932 trade arrangements within the British Empire that established a system of imperial preference, granting mutual tariff advantages to promote intra-Empire commerce during the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth economic arrangement
economic treaty
trade agreement
aimedTo combat effects of the Great Depression
secure food supplies for the United Kingdom
secure markets for Dominion producers
stabilize commodity prices within the Empire
alsoKnownAs Imperial Preference agreements of 1932
Ottawa Agreements of 1932
linked to: Ottawa Agreements
appliesToJurisdiction British Commonwealth
British Empire
concludedAt Imperial Economic Conference
concludedIn Ottawa
country Australia
Canada
India
Irish Free State
New Zealand
Southern Rhodesia
linked to: Rhodesia

Union of South Africa
United Kingdom
economicPolicy protectionism
trade preference
followed abandonment of British free trade policy
hasEffect discrimination against foreign imports
establishment of imperial preference system
increase of tariffs against non-Empire countries
promotion of intra-Empire trade
reduction of tariffs within the British Empire
strengthening of economic ties within the Empire
hasPart Australia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
Canada–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
linked to: Ottawa Agreements

India–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
Irish Free State–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
New Zealand–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
South Africa–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
Southern Rhodesia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
historicalPeriod interwar period
influenced later Commonwealth trade relations
legalForm bilateral trade treaty
preferential tariff agreement
locationOfSigning Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
linked to: Ottawa
mainSubject imperial preference
negotiatedBy British government
linked to: UK government

Dominion governments
partOf Ottawa Agreements
pointInTime 1932
startTime 1932
temporalContext Great Depression

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Ottawa Agreements alsoKnownAs Imperial Economic Conference agreements
Ottawa Agreements concludedAtEvent Imperial Economic Conference of 1932
linked to: Imperial Economic Conference agreements
Imperial Economic Conference agreements hasPart Australia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
linked to: Imperial Economic Conference agreements
Imperial Economic Conference agreements hasPart New Zealand–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
linked to: Imperial Economic Conference agreements
Imperial Economic Conference agreements hasPart South Africa–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
linked to: Imperial Economic Conference agreements
Imperial Economic Conference agreements hasPart India–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932
linked to: Imperial Economic Conference agreements
Imperial Economic Conference agreements concludedAt Imperial Economic Conference
linked to: Imperial Economic Conference agreements
Imperial Economic Conference agreements alsoKnownAs Imperial Preference agreements of 1932
linked to: Imperial Economic Conference agreements
Second MacDonald government significantEvent Ottawa Imperial Economic Conference 1932
linked to: Imperial Economic Conference agreements
Southern Rhodesia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 relatedTo Imperial Preference
linked to: Imperial Economic Conference agreements