London, Feb. 8.
Formal discussions between the Federation of British Industries and the German Reichgruppe Industries began in February with a View to settling inter-trade competition, declared Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, in the House zt Commons yesterda; Better goodwill on both sides, he added, should make it possible to solve many of problems, illus obviating the need for recourse to other methods.
negotiations, he continued, were to cover both British and German trade and competition in neutral markets.
It was the British Government's in-he concluded, to discuss the 1
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