Difficulties have arisen over Britain's unwillingness to grant further tariff concessions to American automobiles, silk stockings, hams, bacons, lerd and timber, American sources said.
The United States was reported to have pressed a request for a ten per cent, tariff remission on automobiles so as to obtain the same favoured treatment as British Empire automobiles. As an alternative, the United States suggested the raising of tariff on other foreign made cars to 43 per cent, This suggestion was impossible Britoin was reported to have replied because under the present most favoured nation agreements Britain would be forced to make the same concession to all other foreign countries except Germany.—United Press.
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