• The Imperial Preference was a system of mutual tariff reduction introduced across the British Empire and later the British Commonwealth following the...
    10 KB (1,116 words) - 23:00, 17 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for National Policy
    imperial preference a convenient vehicle for reducing tariffs, as it appealed to the Empire-mindedness of Conservatives. Canadian imperial preference...
    13 KB (1,618 words) - 16:32, 13 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for British Empire Economic Conference
    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...
    7 KB (412 words) - 03:21, 7 July 2025
  • 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...
    7 KB (271 words) - 20:26, 9 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for Joseph Chamberlain
    resolution endorsing Imperial Preference. Chamberlain was confident his proposals were gathering popularity, and he brought imperial preference before the Cabinet...
    122 KB (15,135 words) - 03:02, 22 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for Commonwealth realm
    protectionism and imperial preference, National Archives, retrieved 4 November 2015 National Archives 2015, Glossary "Imperial Preference", Encyclopædia...
    108 KB (10,704 words) - 18:51, 21 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for Arthur Balfour
    improved relations between the two states. He cautiously embraced imperial preference as championed by Joseph Chamberlain, but resignations from the Cabinet...
    91 KB (9,241 words) - 13:26, 28 July 2025
  • 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...
    6 KB (456 words) - 23:03, 22 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for R. B. Bennett
    largely ineffective. He was also unsuccessful in establishing an imperial preference free trade agreement. Over time, Bennett's government became increasingly...
    70 KB (6,813 words) - 21:35, 16 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for 1924 United Kingdom general election
    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...
    32 KB (1,141 words) - 11:16, 1 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for Hugh Dalton
    advocate of Imperial Preference. When Beaverbrook claimed that the government of his native Canada wanted to keep the Imperial Preference system, Dalton...
    115 KB (15,595 words) - 21:24, 6 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for Imperial Federation
    subsequent Imperial Conferences, proposals for Imperial preferential trade were rejected by the British Liberal governments due to their preference for international...
    18 KB (2,231 words) - 20:11, 29 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for List of the largest trading partners of Canada
    or reverse this trend, by changing tariff policy either to one of Imperial Preference with the British, Reciprocity with the National Policy of internal...
    7 KB (464 words) - 19:21, 8 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for DeSoto Diplomat
    Detroit. Chrysler Corporation of Canada, which before 1947 enjoyed "Imperial Preference" (reduced tariff barriers in British Empire markets) and did not...
    7 KB (755 words) - 04:07, 4 February 2025
  • relatively free trade within the Empire, though the Imperial Preference was not as comprehensive as some preference systems such as the German Zollverein. The...
    9 KB (830 words) - 11:13, 3 July 2025
  • the Commonwealth of Nations. The idea has roots in the legacy of Imperial Preference, a system that fostered intra-Empire trade throughout the British...
    31 KB (3,190 words) - 10:08, 26 July 2025
  • Content. August 20 – The Ottawa conference ends with the adoption of Imperial Preference tariff, turning the British Empire into one economic zone with a...
    81 KB (8,825 words) - 01:10, 25 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for List of prime ministers of Canada
    15th Minister of Justice, Minister of Finance; Great Depression; Imperial Preference; Statute of Westminster; Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission;...
    70 KB (2,072 words) - 23:54, 23 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for Economic history of New Zealand
    Russell, Ronald S. (1947). Imperial Preference. London: Empire Economic Union. Varian, Brian D. (November 2022). "Imperial preference before the Ottawa Agreements:...
    28 KB (3,487 words) - 04:51, 22 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for 1904 Canadian federal election
    Parliament's dissolution. One of the key issues in the election was Imperial Preference. Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election...
    15 KB (290 words) - 01:24, 6 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
    proposing a programme of high spending on public works and autarkic Imperial Preference to combat unemployment. The government eventually collapsed over...
    25 KB (2,423 words) - 19:30, 7 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Argentina–United Kingdom relations
    ties were hindered by the Great Depression and the imposition of Imperial Preference, and the Perón regime nationalized many British-owned industries...
    56 KB (5,537 words) - 21:12, 16 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for Canadian Military Pattern truck
    British Empire countries vehicles. These territories levied reduced "Imperial preference" duties on Canadian products, usually made by Canadian subsidiaries...
    33 KB (3,384 words) - 08:13, 24 July 2025
  • against goods from rival trade blocs), a more extreme version of Imperial Preference. Beaverbrook began enrolling members at the end of 1929, after concluding...
    3 KB (258 words) - 22:16, 16 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Roca–Runciman Treaty
    measures to protect the meat supply market in the Commonwealth. At the Imperial Preference negotiations in Ottawa, bowing to pressure, mainly from Australia...
    6 KB (612 words) - 14:03, 27 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Import Duties Act 1932
    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...
    5 KB (601 words) - 09:15, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1902 Colonial Conference
    1902 Colonial Conference (category Imperial Conference)
    colonies, however, passed a resolution rejecting imperial free trade. A resolution in favour of imperial preference as proposed by Canada was approved and Chamberlain...
    7 KB (415 words) - 20:25, 9 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
    Northcliffe. Northcliffe and Garvin had a disagreement over the issue of Imperial Preference, and Northcliffe had given Garvin the option of finding a buyer for...
    18 KB (1,697 words) - 01:30, 26 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for Imperial units
    The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units...
    77 KB (6,585 words) - 10:54, 27 July 2025
  • proclaimed his opposition to free trade and announced in favour of Imperial Preference, Carr's father, to whom all tariffs were abhorrent, switched his...
    72 KB (9,698 words) - 05:38, 17 July 2025