London Economic Conference

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The London Economic Conference was a 1933 international meeting of world powers aimed at coordinating responses to the Great Depression, particularly through currency stabilization and trade policy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic conference
international economic conference
aimedAt combating worldwide deflation
coordinating international response to the Great Depression
currency stabilization
exchange-rate stabilization
reduction of trade barriers
revival of international trade
convenedBy League of Nations
followed Lausanne Conference of 1932
hadKeyIssue exchange-rate policy
gold standard
international monetary cooperation
tariffs and protectionism
war debts and reparations
hadNumberOfParticipatingCountries 66
hadOutcome collapse of plans for coordinated exchange-rate policy
failure to achieve lasting currency stabilization agreement
limited agreements on trade and economic cooperation
hadParticipants Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
South Africa
Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
hasEndDate 1933-07-27
hasLocation London
United Kingdom
hasStartDate 1933-06-12
hasSubject international finance
macroeconomic policy coordination
monetary policy
trade policy
hostedBy Government of the United Kingdom
isAlsoKnownAs World Economic and Monetary Conference
isPartOf interwar economic diplomacy
organizedBy League of Nations
tookPlaceAt Geological Museum, London
tookPlaceDuring Great Depression
tookPlaceIn 1933
wasInfluencedBy U.S. domestic economic policy under Franklin D. Roosevelt
abandonment of the gold standard by several countries
wasUnderminedBy United States withdrawal from currency stabilization talks

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Great Depression
hasKeyEvent
London Economic Conference ("World Economic and Monetary Conference")
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