Business and Trade Barriers At the Congress of the International
Chamber of Commerce held in Paris last week it was once again shown that the expert business men of the world are aware of certain measures that must be taken before trade can recover, and these are measures which are -consistently neglected. Trade barriers must be removed ; exchanges must be stabilized ; creditor countries must be ready to accept payment in goods and services; and executive action can only in the last resort be taken by governments. Here are the considered opinions of responsible business men representing forty different countries. In other words—all the countries lament the depression of world trade ; all- have been informed of measures necessary to stop it ; none adopt them. The governments of these forty countries could solve the problem by resolving on collaboration and the give- and-take which it implies. The lack of progress is due to lack of governmental effort along lines that are fully indicated.
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