Word: embargoing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...classifications on Canada's tariff list 174 were upped. Also, one embargo was laid. Totally excluded from the Dominion by this embargo are all secondhand automobiles except those brought in by "tourists" or "settlers...
...reprisals. Most drastic and clean-cut fulfillment of these fears came when Canada, biggest U. S. customer, frankly upped all her rates to match. France and England, though taking no action (except on cinemas in France), complained so loudly that much ill-will was bred. Australia's almost complete embargo was a nationalistic move after the U. S. pattern. Only a series of revolutions have checked wall-building in South America, but meantime ill-will has increased...
Softly Mr. Pei next breathed a threat that if Occidental countries do not cooperate with China in rehabilitating silver she may retaliate by an embargo against all silver imports. Today China buys more silver than any other country, and the Occident is anxious to sell. But Threatener Pei hastily added that China is still open, wide open, to any and all favorable offers. These he proposed to crystallize by calling under I. C. C. auspices an International Silver Conference later this year. In 48 hours this Pei plan was whipped into shape?Senator King of Utah (silver State) aiding?...
...giant's pains has been partially, temporarily, deadened. For Standard Oil Co. of Indiana finally agreed that for 90 days it will curtail its Venezuela production and imports by 23%. This compares to a 25% reduction by Royal Dutch-Shell. Although independent oilmen have wanted a total embargo or at least a tariff, this voluntary partial curtailment of imports was welcomed by them. Coming a week before the meeting of the Federal Oil Conservation Board, it will give that body something concrete to work upon, said Secretary Wilbur...
...Embargo. If the Duff speech was somewhat stuffy all Canada was excited and agog last week over an Order-in-Council announced by the Hon. Edmond B. Ryckman, Minister of National Revenue. The O-in-C, a most drastic embargo, shut out of Canada virtually all Russian produce, including Soviet coal, wood pulp, lumber of all kinds, asbestos, furs...