John Methuen (diplomat) the Treaty on 16 May 1703, a step of great significance in the War of the Spanish Succession. John, on his return from England, concluded a commercial treaty on 27 December 1703, opening Portugal to the English cloth trade in return for preferential rates of duty on the import of wine. How beneficial to either country the Treaty was in the long run has been debated; possibly its most important result was the development of the port wine trade, and it was later referred to humorously as "the Port-Wine Treaty". Methuen in later life increasingly suffered from gout and rheumatism;
Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea (Japanese: ; Korean: , , "Hanil Gibon Joyak") was signed on June 22, 1965. It established basic diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea. As Korea was not a signatory state of the Treaty of San Francisco, it was not entitled to the benefits of Article 14 which stipulates the reparations by Japan. However, by the provisions of Article 21 of the treaty, Korea was entitled to be an authority applied to Article 4 of the treaty