Imperial Economic Conference agreements

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Commonwealth economic arrangement economic treaty trade agreement

The Imperial Economic Conference agreements were a series of 1932 trade arrangements within the British Empire that established a system of imperial preference, granting mutual tariff advantages to promote intra-Empire commerce during the Great Depression.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Australia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932	1
Imperial Economic Conference	1
Imperial Economic Conference of 1932	1
Imperial Preference agreements of 1932	1
India–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932	1
New Zealand–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932	1
South Africa–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commonwealth economic arrangement ⓘ economic treaty ⓘ trade agreement ⓘ
aimedTo	combat effects of the Great Depression ⓘ secure food supplies for the United Kingdom ⓘ secure markets for Dominion producers ⓘ stabilize commodity prices within the Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Imperial Economic Conference agreements ⓘ surface form: Imperial Preference agreements of 1932 Ottawa Agreements ⓘ surface form: Ottawa Agreements of 1932
appliesToJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ surface form: British Commonwealth British Empire ⓘ
concludedAt	Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperial Economic Conference
concludedIn	Ottawa ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ India ⓘ Irish Free State ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Southern Rhodesia Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa United Kingdom ⓘ
economicPolicy	protectionism ⓘ trade preference ⓘ
followed	abandonment of British free trade policy ⓘ
hasEffect	discrimination against foreign imports ⓘ establishment of imperial preference system ⓘ increase of tariffs against non-Empire countries ⓘ promotion of intra-Empire trade ⓘ reduction of tariffs within the British Empire ⓘ strengthening of economic ties within the Empire ⓘ
hasPart	Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Australia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 Ottawa Agreements ⓘ surface form: Canada–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: India–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 Irish Free State–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 ⓘ Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New Zealand–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Africa–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 Southern Rhodesia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
influenced	later Commonwealth trade relations ⓘ
legalForm	bilateral trade treaty ⓘ preferential tariff agreement ⓘ
locationOfSigning	Ottawa ⓘ surface form: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
mainSubject	imperial preference ⓘ
negotiatedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government Dominion governments ⓘ
partOf	Ottawa Agreements ⓘ
pointInTime	1932 ⓘ
startTime	1932 ⓘ
temporalContext	Great Depression ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial Economic Conference agreements → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Economic Conference agreements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Preference agreements of 1932

Ottawa Agreements → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Economic Conference agreements ⓘ

Imperial Economic Conference agreements → concludedAt → Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Economic Conference

Ottawa Agreements → concludedAtEvent → Imperial Economic Conference agreements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Economic Conference of 1932

Imperial Economic Conference agreements → hasPart → Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australia–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932

Imperial Economic Conference agreements → hasPart → Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932

Imperial Economic Conference agreements → hasPart → Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Africa–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932

Imperial Economic Conference agreements → hasPart → Imperial Economic Conference agreements self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: India–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932