Cobden–Chevalier Treaty
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The Cobden–Chevalier Treaty was an Anglo-French free trade agreement signed between the United Kingdom and France on 23 January 1860. After Britain began free trade policies in 1846, there remained ta
Lord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons during the debates on the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty in February 1860, as painted by John Phillip (1863)
Michel Chevalier
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Michel Chevalier was a French engineer, statesman, economist and free market liberal.
Cobden–Chevalier Treaty
…relevant. It was the first modern free trade agreement. It is named after the main British and French originators of the treaty, Richard Cobden MP and Michel Chevalier. In a Parliamentary session of 1859, Cobden's friend and political ally John Bright asked why, instead of spending money on armaments against a possible…
Michel Chevalier