Ottawa Agreements

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The Ottawa Agreements were a series of 1932 trade accords within the British Empire that established preferential tariffs to promote intra-imperial trade and protect member economies during the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial preference agreement ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
trade agreement ⓘ
affects tariff rates on agricultural products ⓘ
tariff rates on manufactured goods ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperial Economic Conference agreements ⓘ
Ottawa Accords ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Agreements
appliesTo Australia ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
British colonies and dependencies ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Dominions of the British Empire ⓘ
India (British India) ⓘ
linked to: British India

Irish Free State ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Southern Rhodesia ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwe

Union of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: South Africa

United Kingdom ⓘ
concludedAtEvent Imperial Economic Conference of 1932 ⓘ
establishesPolicy imperial preference ⓘ
preferential tariffs on intra-Empire trade ⓘ
field economic history ⓘ
international trade ⓘ
hasConsequence discrimination against non-Empire countries in trade ⓘ
increased protectionism within the British Empire ⓘ
tightening of economic ties within the British Empire ⓘ
hasLocationContext Parliament Hill, Ottawa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Hill
hasPurpose establish preferential tariffs within the British Empire ⓘ
promote intra-imperial trade ⓘ
protect member economies during the Great Depression ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
influences Dominion trade policy in the 1930s ⓘ
United Kingdom trade policy in the 1930s ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalForm series of bilateral trade agreements ⓘ
series of multilateral understandings ⓘ
motivatedBy collapse of world trade in the early 1930s ⓘ
economic nationalism ⓘ
negotiatedBy representatives of British India ⓘ
representatives of the Dominions ⓘ
representatives of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf British Empire economic policy ⓘ
relatedTo League of Nations efforts on trade liberalization ⓘ
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ
replaces earlier informal imperial preference practices ⓘ
signedAt Ottawa ⓘ
signedDuring Great Depression ⓘ
signedInCountry Canada ⓘ
signedInYear 1932 ⓘ

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Great Depression → hasKeyEvent → Ottawa Agreements ⓘ
Ottawa Agreements → alsoKnownAs → Ottawa Accords ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Agreements
Imperial Economic Conference agreements → hasPart → Canada–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Agreements
Imperial Economic Conference agreements → alsoKnownAs → Ottawa Agreements of 1932 ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Agreements
National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom → implemented → Ottawa Agreements 1932 ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Agreements
Southern Rhodesia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 → partOf → Ottawa Agreements system ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Agreements
Import Duties Act 1932 → relatedTo → Ottawa Agreements Act 1932 ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Agreements
Ottawa Conference of 1932 → result → Ottawa Agreements ⓘ
United Kingdom import regime for colonial goods → influencedBy → Ottawa Agreements 1932 ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Agreements
United Kingdom import regime for colonial goods → modifiedBy → Ottawa Agreements 1932 ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Agreements