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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Trade Policy Department and Trade Relations and...

Catalogue reference: FCO 69

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FCO 69

This series consists of the registered files of the Trade Policy Department and its successor the Trade Relations and Export Department. The records relate to general economic and commercial questions of international relations, including...

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FCO 69

Title
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Trade Policy Department and Trade Relations and Export Department: Registered Files (MT Series)
Date

1968-1982

Description

This series consists of the registered files of the Trade Policy Department and its successor the Trade Relations and Export Department. The records relate to general economic and commercial questions of international relations, including tariffs, preference systems and non-tariff trade barriers, tourism and relations with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Commission for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

MT file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Trade Policy Department, 1968-1973
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Trade Relations and Export Department, 1973-1988
Physical description

1204 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1999 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Subjects
Topics
International
Taxation
Trade and commerce
Travel and tourism
Europe and Russia
Aid and development
Accruals

Series is accruing

Administrative / biographical background

The Trade Policy Department was formed in October 1968 at the establishment of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, assuming responsibilities formerly exercised by the Economic Relations Department of the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Trade Department of the Commonwealth Office. The department also represented the FCO on various Whitehall economic committees and bodies. In 1973 it merged with the Export Promotion Department to form the Trade Relations and Export Department, which continued to use the MT registered file series.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15124/

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