Britsko-dominiální vztahy, imperiální preference a imperiální ekonomická konference v Ottawě v roce 1932

• Authors: Jaroslav Valkoun , Eva Fischerová

Title variants

EN

British-dominion relations, Imperial Preference and the British Empire Economic Conference in Ottawa of 1932

CS

Die Beziehungen Großbritanniens zu seinen Dominions, Empirepräferenzen und Empire-Wirtschaftskonferenz von 1932 in Ottawa

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study is based on an analysis of unpublished sources of British provenance and focuses on Anglo-Dominion relations in the context of efforts at implementing a system of Imperial Preference made at the British Empire Economic Conference in Ottawa in 1932. The Great Depression meant that the British government was forced to abandon the principles of free trade in 1931, implementing protective customs measures. As such, on the one hand the Dominions endeavoured to gain preference for its exports, while on the other hand they tried to protect domestic producers from British competitors. For a change, Britain strived to achieve better conditions for domestic exporters transporting goods to overseas markets. In 1932, the Ottawa British Empire Economic Conference was convened, at which a compromise preference system was agreed to which was of great benefit to British foreign trade, and which helped to strengthen and expand economic and trading relations within the Empire during the 1930s.

Keywords

EN

history; 20th century; British Empire; Commonwealth; Great Britain; dominions; economic relations; British Empire Economic Conference in Ottawa; Imperail Preference; customs tariffs; protectionism

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 91-109
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jaroslav Valkoun

• Moderní dějiny, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic

author

Eva Fischerová

• Moderní dějiny, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic