Little Likelihood of Unanimity fat the Present Moment Geneva, Nov. 3.
The draft international five-year convention for the abolition of imort and export prohibitions and restrictions which is being considered by the Trade Barriers Conference provides for the abolition of all such restrictions, subject to certain exceptions.
3 also undertake] not to impose any farther such re-'Srictions for six months from the enforcement of the agreement.
"he convention formalities and conditions.
Restrictions not abolished _com-_ prise those safeguarding pablic health and security with regard to trafic in animals, plants and arms, bat it is stipulated that these shall not be applied so as to constitute arbitrary discrimination between foreign countries subject to the same conditions, or act as a concealed restriction to international trade.
The text of the whole series of vations has been published, in-ing that few delegates will be able to sign the convention at the Present moment. a provisional amendment affirming the right of the United States to impose import duties or other measures to counteract dumping, bounties, subsidies, unfair competition or discrimination—Reuter,
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