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Hawaii sugar exported tax-free to the US
Certain American products enter Hawaii tax-free

Since a Reciprocity Treaty means that concessions were given on both sides, what did Hawaii get from it? What did the US get from it?

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Answered by paulankur099ankur
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Answered by lahane
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King Kalākaua and member of the Reciprocity Commission: John Owen Dominis, Governor of Oahu; Luther W. Severance, Kalākaua; Henry A. Peirce, the presiding U.S. Commissioner to Hawaii; and John M. Kapena, Governor of Maui.

The Treaty of reciprocity between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom(Hawaiian: Kuʻikahi Pānaʻi Like) was a free trade agreement signed and ratified in 1875 that is generally known as the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875.

The treaty gave free access to the United States market for sugar and other products grown in the Kingdom of Hawaii starting in September 1876. In return, the US gained lands in the area known as Puʻu Loa for what became known as the Pearl Harbor naval base. The treaty led to large investment by Americans in sugarcane plantations in Hawaii.

For decades, the sugar planters in Hawaii had been economically hampered by United States import taxes placed upon their product, and consequently has been attempting negotiations for a free trade agreement. Two previous efforts at reaching an agreement with the United States failed, for many reasons. The planters wanted a treaty, but Hawaiians feared it would lead to annexation by the United States. Sugar refineries in San Francisco lobbied for a clause protecting their interests. The most recent effort before Kalākaua's reign died in the United States Senate.

Within a year of Kalākaua's election, the treaty would become a reality, although the treaty was not supported by all Hawaiians. There were concerns over American ambitions to annex the islands, with many in the business community willing to cede the exclusive use of Pearl Harbor to the United States in exchange for the treaty. Part of Kalākaua's election platform, as "Hawaii for Hawaiians", had been to oppose the ceding of any sovereign land. Hawaii legislator Joseph Nāwahī predicted the treaty would be "a nation snatching treaty

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