The Archive · 1928

CUSTOMS TREATY

Full Text of the Agreement Signed at Nanking on August 1

Absolute Equalit Nanking, Aug. 17.

Dr. C. T, Wang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Herr Von Borch, German Minister to China, signed to-day at Nanking, on behalf of their respective Governments, a treaty by which China and Germany agree to grant each other absolutely. equal treatment in Customs and related matters and engage to ente: fig 300n a8 possible into negotiations for a treaty. of commerce based on the principle of perfect parity.

The Treaty now signed is supplementary to the Sino-German Agreement of May 19, 1921. The text Will be released to the press Monday.—Kuo 3

Similar i Teems to the Document with America Berlin, Aug. 18.

A. provisional economic treaty 1¢- tween China and Germany, to the treaty bet -n Chi America'in which the latter reeogniz~ ed China's tariff autonomy,—has been signed at Nanking providing for equal treatment in the Customs. Both nations agree to open soon as possible negotiations for the conclusion of a definite commercial treaty.—Reuter.

The Agreement nking, Aug. 20.

Fallowing is the full text of the new Treaty between China and Ger-signed on August 17, 1925, by Dr. C. T, Wang, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China, and Mr. H. von Boreh, Envoy Extraordinary' and Minister

Reich to Chin: Plenipotentiary the German of "The Republic of China and the Reich, animated by the desire ether to consolidate th ties 02 friendship which happy exist between the two countries and to extend and facil mercial relations between the two countries, have, for this purpose, decided to conclude a treaty and have named Plenipotentiarles, that is to say:—President of the Council of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China:

Dr. Chengting T. Wang, Minister for Foreign Afairs; President of the

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