Methuen Treaty the Portuguese to cover their deficit for a time with a colonial gold flow, but the benefits of specialization and trade over the longer term were illusive." The Kingdom of Ireland imported Portuguese wine at the low Methuen tariffs, but was banned under the Navigation Acts from exporting. In 1779, Ireland was granted "free trade", but Portugal imposed higher tariffs on Irish textile imports than on English ones, arguing it was outside the terms of the Methuen treaty. This was a tactic in Portugal's broader attempt to make Britain renegotiate the Methuen treaty. As the dispute dragged on, Ireland imposed
Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina at least in so far as the land border line. There could be other reasons for the Argentine difficulties over the interpretation. Michael Morris observes about the Argentine policy: The Southern Patagonian Ice Field is the last still pending issue to apply the 1881 Boundary Treaty. Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina The Boundary Treaty of 1881 () between Argentina and Chile was signed on the 23 July 1881 in Buenos Aires by Bernardo de Irigoyen, on the part of Argentina, and Francisco de Borja Echeverría, on the part of Chile, with the aim of establishing a precise