Methuen Treaty higher tariffs on Portuguese goods, and the Irish Volunteers' 1782 Dungannon resolutions included calls for a boycott of its wines. The 1786 Eden Agreement between Britain and France caused Portugal to relent in 1787 and allow Ireland low tariffs. Methuen Treaty The Methuen Treaty was a military and commercial treaty between England and Portugal that was signed in 1703 as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. The treaty stipulated that no tax higher than the tax charged for an equal amount of French wines could be charged for Portuguese wines "(but see below)" exported to England, and that
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Relations between Germany and the United States of America US and the German governments until after Hitler's rise to power. On July 11, 1928, the US government served a note of continuation regarding the treaty to the Secretariat of the League of Nations. Following Hitler's rise to power, relations were worsening, and on June 3, 1935, a new agreement was signed between the US and German governments, which limited the operation of article 7 of the treaty, dealing with freedom of commercial activities by national of both countries. On December 11, 1941, Hitler declared war on the United States, and all treaties between the two countries became inoperative. The