英国在华盛顿会议上对中国关税问题的态度

在华盛顿会议上,在提高中国关税方面,英国提出的有条件地增加关税的要求得到满足。北京政府要求立即增加中国关税以摆脱财政危机,没有成功,只是得到了增加关税至实际上的5%,附加税2.5%,奢侈品附加税最多不超过5%的承诺。这比以前关税只征收实际上的3.7%是一个进步。新增的2.5%的关税附加税由九国代表组成的特别委员会控制,北京政府仍不能自由支配。但英国等列强未能利用修改中国关税的机会控制中国财政。 

Britain's Attitude of Increasing China's Tariff in the Washington Conference

In the Washington Conference, Britain's request about conditionally increasing China's tariff was conditionally satisfied. The Peking Government's appeal for increasing China's tariff so as to get rid of financial crisis was un successful,only getting the promise of agreeing to the effective rate of 5 percent, surtax 2.5 percent and surtax not more than 5 percent of luxury goods which was a success compared to that of agreeing to the effective rate of 3.7 percent before. The Special Commission made by the nine powers controlled the surtax 2.5 percent which couldn't be used freely by the Peking Government. But the powers, including Britain, couldn't take the chance of revising the tariff to control China's finance.