The Archive · 1935

CANADA SIGNS TRADE PACT WITH U.S.A

Washington, Nov. 15.

The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, and the Prime Minister of [Cancda, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, to-day ' signed the Canadian-Amer-can reciprocal tariff and trade agreement in. President Roosevelt's office fat. the, While House.

Following the signing of the document, Mr. Hull issued 2 statement In which he declared that the tariff agreement represented "progress in an opposite direction from that of economic suicide." He referred to the pact as "an example of what must be done to bolster world econo-mie relations as a foundation for world peace""—United Press.

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