Bokanowski, to-day communicated to his colleagues of the Council of Ministers an outline of the French reply to the last American Note on the tariff dispute between the United /States and France. The Government approved the reply, which will immediately be transmitted to Washington, It is believed that the French Government propose that while the negotiations are proceeding America shall have the benefit of the tariff applied to her before 1921: consequently, as a result of the new modus vivendi, the United States will return to the position she occupied before 1910.
This would mean an important concession, as in several cases the maximum tariff applicable to Amerijea would be below the minimum. tariff conceded to Germany—Reuter.
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