Commerce and Trade Policy

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Some general maxims of Trade, 1721

R. Campbell on the importance of commerce, 1747

A pamphlet on the importance of the African trade, 1745

William Pitt’s speech in the House of Commons on the benefits of Britain’s Commercial Treaty with France,1787

Debates in the House of Commons on the slave trade,1789

An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1806

The Petition of the Merchants of London, Respecting Commercial Restrictions, 1820

William Huskisson on the relaxation of the navigation laws, 13 May 1826

Restrictions on the Emigration of Artisans and the Export of Machinery, 1824

Debate in the House of Commons on the exportation of machinery 6 Dec. 1826

Richard Cobden on the Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1844

Sir Robert Peel’s speech on the Second Reading of the Bill for the Repeal of the Corn Laws, 16 February 1846

Disraeli’s speech on the Third Reading of the Bill for the Repeal of the Corn Laws, 15 May 1846

The House of Commons Asserts Free Trade, 1852