HC Deb 16 May 1963 vol 677 cc177-8W
37. Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the Treasury's Bulletin for Industry No. 162 of April, 1963, in recording the use in the nineteen-thirties of high tariffs and other protective trade barriers, made no mention of the contribution to Commonwealth and world recovery made by the creation of the sterling area, and of the subsequent effect of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on the Commonwealth and sterling area.

Mr. du Carm

The purpose of this article was to describe how the G.A.T.T. has helped to reduce tariff barriers to world trade, and to relate past experience to the forthcoming trade negotiations.