Free Trade and Protection in the Netherlands 1816-30 - A Study of the First Benelux

Klappentext This 1955 book examines the first trade union between the Dutch and Belgian Netherlands, a precursor to the modern Benelux, from 1816 to 1830. Zusammenfassung This 1955 book examines the first trade union between the Dutch and Belgian Netherlands! a precursor to the modern Benelux! from 1816 to 1830. It focuses on the role played by the trade agreement in uniting disparate parts of the Dutch provinces in Europe and abroad. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations used in the notes; 1. Dutch commerce and its decline; 2. The Dutch people and their occupations; 3. Free trade and protection in the Dutch Netherlands; 4. The Dutch excise problem; 5. The Belgian provinces; 6. The Dutch-Belgian fiscal union: the system of 1816; 7. The Dutch-Belgian fiscal union: the system of 1821; 8. The protection of industry and the tariff of 1822; 9. The free-trade movement and the protection of commerce; 10. The protection of agriculture; 11. Reciprocity and retaliation; 12. Free trade and mercantilism in the Dutch East Indies; 13. The failure of Dutch-Belgian union; Index.

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• Authors: H. R. C. Wright, Wright H. R. C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2013
• EAN: 9781107621800
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62180-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, Netherlands, trade agreements, International trade and commerce, Public international law: economic and trade