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The mother country and the colonies might be drawn closer together by the abandonment of free trade and the formation of an imperial Zollverein or Greater British Customs Union.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “The mother country and the colonies might be drawn closer together by the abandonment of free trade and the formation of…”
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Morley suggests that a closer economic relationship between the mother country and colonies could be achieved through a customs union.
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