our treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation with China, which is now before the United States Senate. They are incorporated in other commercial treaties already in effect as well as a number in the course of preparation or negotiation. All of these documents spell out in clear and unmistakable terms the desire of the United States to make international trade as free and unhampered and nondiscriminatory as possible.

In some respects, notably our efforts to eliminate discrimination, the basic principles of our commercial policy have changed little through the years. As early as 1778 in the treaty with France, each nation accorded to the other any privileges granted any third nation. Then, there was the Jay treaty of 1794 where Great Britain and the United States agreed to establish commercial relations on a nondiscriminatory basis. Washington, when he admonished us in his Farewell Address to treat all nations alike in our commercial relations, expressed our historical policy. Like principles are embodied in the various treaties of friendship, commerce, and navigation drawn up during the course of the last century.

The trade agreements act of June 12, 1934, which is the statutory basis for all tariff negotiations since that date, specifically requires that any tariff reduction made under authority of the act be ex