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The Anglo-Irish Trade War (also called the Economic War) was a retaliatory trade war between the Irish Free State and the United Kingdom from 1932 to 1938.〔(''Time'' (Magazine) – IRISH FREE STATE: Economic Civil War. Monday, Jul. 25, 1932 )〕 The Irish Government refused to continue reimbursing Britain with land annuities from financial loans granted to Irish tenant farmers to enable them purchase lands under the Irish Land Acts in the late nineteenth century, a provision which had been part of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. This resulted in the imposition of unilateral trade restrictions by both countries, causing severe damage to the Irish economy. The "war" had two main aspects: * Disputes surrounding the changing constitutional status of the Irish Free State vis-a-vis Britain; and * Changes in Irish economic and fiscal policy following the Great Depression. ==Protective policy== On taking over power and coming into office in 1932, the new Fianna Fáil government under Éamon de Valera embarked upon a protectionist policy in economic dealings, and tariffs were introduced for a wide range of imported goods, mainly from Britain, the Free State's largest trading partner by far. This was thought necessary to develop native industry, move away from over-dependence on Britain, as well as its failure to develop industrially under free market conditions.〔https://books.google.pl/books?id=l21oxz3FmY0C&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=fianna+fail+1930s+develop+native+industry&source=bl&ots=0LrBvtF6Xe&sig=Uc4drmeOR66_uw-f1PFSUWr7ewE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBmoVChMI4JLi-a-jxwIVBFsUCh1OCgEO#v=onepage&q=fianna%20fail%201930s%20develop%20native%20industry&f=false〕 It was also to compensate for the drastic fall in demand for Irish agricultural products on international markets, due to the Great Depression which had begun in 1929. Other means had also to be found to help the disastrously undermined balance of trade and the mounting national debt. A vigorous campaign was set in motion to make the Free State agriculturally and industrially self-sufficient by the then Minister for Industry and Commerce, Sean Lemass. Every effort was taken to add to the measures brought in by the previous government to boost tillage farming and industry and to encourage the population to avoid British imports and "Buy Irish Goods". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anglo-Irish Trade War」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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