Effort for/E port Trade Association of Bi ritish Chambers of Commerce Leaders Give Views; Appeasement Stressed HE Parliamentary Secretary London, Oct. 19. to the Department of Overseas Trade, Mr. R. S. Hudson, speaking at Sheffield today, said that unfortunately, the upward trend of British exports ceased towards the end of last year and in the first half of 1938 there had been jo drop of over ten per cent.
"Every possible method of improving our competitive position should be explored," he said.
"Among those, I am convinced, one of the most important is to devise an effective machinery to enable the industries in this country to speak on equal terms with the competing industries abroad,"
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