William Pitt had selected William Eden because…

April 1786 CE

William Pitt had selected William Eden because of his work on the board of Trade and Plantations, and because Eden has vast experience dealing with economic grievances in both Ireland and America, which Pitt believes will furnish Eden with exceptional insight into the Anglo-Franco deliberations.

Eden goes to work immediately, hammering out an agreement with Gérard de Rayneval, his French counterpart, in April 1786, but, in spite of Eden’s optimism, the British, and more specifically Pitt, do not favor Eden and Rayneval’s original agreement because of its vagueness.

Pitt seeks to enforce higher duties on what he deems as the most important goods entering the Anglo-Franco trade market.

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