Ottawa Agreements
E1732
The Ottawa Agreements were a series of 1932 trade accords within the British Empire that established preferential tariffs to promote intra-imperial trade and protect member economies during the Great Depression.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canada–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932 | 1 |
| Ottawa Accords | 1 |
| Ottawa Agreements of 1932 | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
imperial preference agreement
ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ trade agreement ⓘ |
| affects |
tariff rates on agricultural products
ⓘ
tariff rates on manufactured goods ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Imperial Economic Conference agreements
ⓘ
Ottawa Agreements ⓘ
surface form:
Ottawa Accords
|
| appliesTo |
Australia
ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ British colonies and dependencies ⓘ Canada ⓘ Dominions of the British Empire ⓘ British India ⓘ
surface form:
India (British India)
Irish Free State ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Rhodesia
South Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Union of South Africa
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| concludedAtEvent |
Imperial Economic Conference agreements
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Economic Conference of 1932
|
| establishesPolicy |
imperial preference
ⓘ
preferential tariffs on intra-Empire trade ⓘ |
| field |
economic history
ⓘ
international trade ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
discrimination against non-Empire countries in trade
ⓘ
increased protectionism within the British Empire ⓘ tightening of economic ties within the British Empire ⓘ |
| hasLocationContext |
Parliament Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament Hill, Ottawa
|
| hasPurpose |
establish preferential tariffs within the British Empire
ⓘ
promote intra-imperial trade ⓘ protect member economies during the Great Depression ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| influences |
Dominion trade policy in the 1930s
ⓘ
United Kingdom trade policy in the 1930s ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument | English ⓘ |
| legalForm |
series of bilateral trade agreements
ⓘ
series of multilateral understandings ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
collapse of world trade in the early 1930s
ⓘ
economic nationalism ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy |
representatives of British India
ⓘ
representatives of the Dominions ⓘ representatives of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | British Empire economic policy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
League of Nations efforts on trade liberalization
ⓘ
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act ⓘ |
| replaces | earlier informal imperial preference practices ⓘ |
| signedAt | Ottawa ⓘ |
| signedDuring | Great Depression ⓘ |
| signedInCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| signedInYear | 1932 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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Ottawa Agreements of 1932
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Ottawa Accords
this entity surface form:
Canada–United Kingdom trade agreement of 1932