611.3231/1102a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Gibson)
215. Embassy’s despatch No. 866 of November 26, 1935.23 The report on the trade agreement, submitted by the Committee of Constitution, Justice, Education, Culture and Public Health, as transmitted in the Legation’s despatch under reference, seems to indicate, in the section headed “The Most Favored Nation Clause,” that the Brazilian Government does not contemplate extending to other countries, as a matter of policy, the tariff concessions granted the United States in the trade agreement. Although this is a matter to be determined solely by the Brazilian Government, the Department desires nevertheless to be fully informed concerning the policy adopted by the Brazilian Government in regard to the generalization of tariff concessions, as well as a list of the countries to which will be extended the tariff rates specified in the Brazilian-American trade agreement. Please report briefly by cable and forward supplementary report by airmail.
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