Article: Trade agreements and the continuation of tariff protection policy in mandate Palestine in the 1930s.

As part of the Ottoman Empire prior to the First World War, Palestine and its trade were regionally oriented. The north, including Haifa, formed part of the Vilayet of Beirut, with its well-equipped port-capital of Beirut, and was integrated into the economy of southern Lebanon and the Hauran in Syria. The south of Palestine, with commercial centres in Gaza and Jaffa (and less so in Jerusalem) traded mainly with Egypt.(1) The transport network of the country was poorly developed and rarely maintained. Railway construction, begun in 1888, needed extension and gauge standardization. The roads were often little more than tracks and the ports were inadequate, offering scant ...

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