Cobden–Chevalier Treaty

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The Cobden–Chevalier Treaty was an 1860 Anglo-French free trade agreement that significantly reduced tariffs between Britain and France, marking a major milestone in the expansion of 19th-century European free trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral trade agreement ⓘ
free trade treaty ⓘ
historical treaty ⓘ
aimedTo promote free trade between Britain and France ⓘ
reduce tariffs on manufactured goods ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1860 ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1860 ⓘ
considered milestone in 19th-century free trade ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateSigned 1860-01-23 ⓘ
diplomaticSignificance improved Anglo-French relations ⓘ
field international trade law ⓘ
hadEconomicEffect increase in trade between Britain and France ⓘ
stimulated European trade liberalization ⓘ
historicalContext expansion of European free trade ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
influenced network of most-favoured-nation agreements in Europe ⓘ
subsequent European commercial treaties ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalForm treaty ⓘ
locationSigned Paris ⓘ
namedAfter Michel Chevalier ⓘ
Richard Cobden ⓘ
negotiatedBy Michel Chevalier ⓘ
Richard Cobden ⓘ
negotiatedUnderGovernmentOf Lord Palmerston ⓘ
Napoleon III ⓘ
opposedBy French protectionists ⓘ
partOf 19th-century liberal economic reforms ⓘ
precededBy British unilateral tariff reductions of the 1840s and 1850s ⓘ
providedFor gradual reduction of customs duties ⓘ
mutual most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ
reducedTariffsOn British manufactured goods exported to France ⓘ
French wines imported into Britain ⓘ
relatedEvent repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
relatedTo British free trade policy ⓘ
French economic liberalization under Napoleon III ⓘ
signatory Second French Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
subject Anglo-French trade relations ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
tariff reduction ⓘ
supportedBy British manufacturers ⓘ
French free-trade advocates ⓘ
typeOfAgreement commercial treaty ⓘ
yearSigned 1860 ⓘ

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Richard Cobden → knownFor → Cobden–Chevalier Treaty ⓘ
Richard Cobden → signed → Cobden–Chevalier Treaty ⓘ