Imperial Preference was a system of mutual tariff reduction enacted throughout the British Empire and British Commonwealth following the Ottawa Conference...

imperial preference a convenient vehicle for reducing tariffs, as it appealed to the Empire-mindedness of Conservatives. Canadian imperial preference...

Irish Home Rule and self-governance for India were also discussed. Imperial preference was raised but rejected by the British prime minister due to British...

but with high tariffs with the rest of the world. This was called "Imperial preference" or "Empire Free-Trade" on the principle of "home producers first...

British Empire was also a key topic with proposals for a system of Imperial preference - empire-wide trade barriers against foreign (i.e. non-empire) goods...

subsequent Imperial Conferences, proposals for Imperial preferential trade were rejected by the British Liberal governments due to their preference for international...

resolution endorsing Imperial Preference. Chamberlain was confident his proposals were gathering popularity, and he brought imperial preference before the Cabinet...

protectionism and imperial preference, National Archives, retrieved 4 November 2015 National Archives 2015, Glossary "Imperial Preference", Encyclopædia...

colonies, however, passed a resolution rejecting imperial free trade. A resolution in favour of imperial preference as proposed by Canada was approved and Chamberlain...

Empire continued in some form amongst Commonwealth nations under the Imperial Preference system, until that system was dismantled after World War II due to...

Russell, Ronald S. (1947). Imperial Preference. London: Empire Economic Union. Varian, Brian D. (November 2022). "Imperial preference before the Ottawa Agreements:...

early to get a mandate for moving to a protectionist trade policy of imperial preference, but had lost their majority. In 1924, they reverted to free trade...

relatively free trade within the Empire, though the Imperial Preference was not as comprehensive as some preference systems such as the German Zollverein. The...

against goods from rival trade blocs), a more extreme version of Imperial Preference. Beaverbrook began enrolling members at the end of 1929, after concluding...

between the two states and their predecessors. He cautiously embraced imperial preference as championed by Joseph Chamberlain, but resignations from the Cabinet...

largely ineffective. He was also unsuccessful in establishing an imperial preference free trade agreement. Over time, Bennett's government became increasingly...

Parliament's dissolution. One of the key issues in the election was Imperial Preference. Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election...

area, and the alleviation of Commonwealth trade restrictions and imperial preference, particularly in the light of the surging American economy and the...

until 15 November 1932, when the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa would have agreed on a system of Imperial Preference. The Chancellor of the Exchequer...

or reverse this trend, by changing tariff policy either to one of Imperial Preference with the British, Reciprocity with the National Policy of internal...

15th Minister of Justice, Minister of Finance; Great Depression; Imperial Preference; Statute of Westminster; Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission;...

Detroit. Chrysler Corporation of Canada, which before 1947 enjoyed "Imperial Preference" (reduced tariff barriers in British Empire markets) and did not...

advocate of Imperial Preference. When Beaverbrook claimed that the government of his native Canada wanted to keep the Imperial Preference system, Dalton...

British Empire countries vehicles. These territories levied reduced "Imperial preference" duties on Canadian products, usually made by Canadian subsidiaries...

into the twentieth century was that Conservatives were in favour of imperial preference (a protectionist system in which tariffs would be levied against...

Sullivan, Emmett, "Revealing a Preference: Imperial Preference and the Australian Tariff, 1901-14," Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 29 (2001)...

proposing a programme of high spending on public works and autarkic Imperial Preference to combat unemployment. The government eventually collapsed over...

establishment of a common external tariff would mean the end of the Imperial Preference system of trade within the British Empire and the Commonwealth of...

would naturally be swayed by circumstances to give effect to the imperial preference. In the 1050s, Cardinal Hildebrand (the future Pope Gregory VII)...

engagements between 1936 and 1938, many of them devoted to imperial topics, especially Imperial Preference. Amery distrusted the administration of US President...