General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was a post–World War II multilateral treaty that governed international trade by reducing tariffs and other barriers, laying the foundation for the modern global trading system.

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Generate an image of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was a post–World War II multilateral treaty that governed international trade by reducing tariffs and other barriers, laying the foundation for the modern global trading system.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international treaty ⓘ
multilateral trade agreement ⓘ
abbreviation GATT ⓘ
aimsTo prevent protectionism ⓘ
promote trade liberalization ⓘ
provide a rules-based trading system ⓘ
reduce non-tariff barriers to trade ⓘ
reduce tariffs ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction member countries of GATT ⓘ
basedOn Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1 January 1948 ⓘ
concludedBy Uruguay Round agreements ⓘ
continuedAs GATT 1994 under the WTO framework ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Switzerland ⓘ
dissolved 1 January 1995 ⓘ
draftedBy participating governments of 23 countries ⓘ
fieldOfWork international trade ⓘ
trade liberalization ⓘ
follows Havana Charter negotiations ⓘ
hasEffect creation of a multilateral trading system ⓘ
expansion of world trade ⓘ
reduction of average tariffs among industrialized countries ⓘ
hasLegacy foundation of the modern multilateral trading system ⓘ
hasPart Article I (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment) ⓘ
Article II (Schedules of Concessions) ⓘ
Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation) ⓘ
Article XI (General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions) ⓘ
Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products) ⓘ
Article XX (General Exceptions) ⓘ
Article XXI (Security Exceptions) ⓘ
Article XXIV (Territorial Application—Frontier Traffic—Customs Unions and Free-trade Areas) ⓘ
GATT Articles I–XXXVIII ⓘ
GATT contracting parties meetings ⓘ
GATT dispute settlement procedures ⓘ
headquartersLocation Geneva ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalSuccessor Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
negotiationRound Annecy Round (1949) ⓘ
Dillon Round (1960–1962) ⓘ
Geneva Round (1947) ⓘ
Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ
Tokyo Round (1973–1979) ⓘ
Torquay Round (1950–1951) ⓘ
Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
numberOfMembers 128 ⓘ
originalSignatory Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Canada ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
France ⓘ
India ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Southern Rhodesia ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf Bretton Woods system framework ⓘ
post–World War II economic order ⓘ
principle most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ
national treatment ⓘ
reciprocity in trade concessions ⓘ
tariffs as primary trade policy instrument ⓘ
transparency in trade regulations ⓘ
referredToAs GATT 1947 in WTO context ⓘ
replacedBy World Trade Organization ⓘ
shortName GATT 1947 ⓘ
signedIn 1947 ⓘ

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World Trade Organization → replaced → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
World Trade Organization → predecessor → GATT 1947 ⓘ
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World Trade Organization → coreAgreement → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ⓘ
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → abbreviation → GATT ⓘ
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → shortName → GATT 1947 ⓘ
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → hasPart → GATT Articles I–XXXVIII ⓘ
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → hasPart → Article I (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment) ⓘ
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → hasPart → Article XI (General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions) ⓘ
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → hasPart → Article XXIV (Territorial Application—Frontier Traffic—Customs Unions and Free-trade Areas) ⓘ
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → referredToAs → GATT 1947 in WTO context ⓘ
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → continuedAs → GATT 1994 under the WTO framework ⓘ
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Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → replaces → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947 institutional framework ⓘ
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Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → successorTo → GATT 1947 system ⓘ
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General Agreement on Trade in Services → predecessor → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Dispute Settlement Understanding → appliesTo → GATT 1994 ⓘ
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Trade Policy Review Mechanism → originatedIn → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Article XXI (Security Exceptions) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947 ⓘ
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Article XXI (Security Exceptions) → partOf → GATT 1994 ⓘ
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Geneva Round (1947) → underFrameworkOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → shortName → Article II GATT ⓘ
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Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → relatedTo → Article I of GATT ⓘ
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Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → relatedTo → Article XXVIII of GATT ⓘ
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Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → includedIn → GATT 1994 ⓘ
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Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → predecessor → Article II of GATT 1947 ⓘ
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Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ⓘ
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Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation) → partOf → GATT 1947 ⓘ
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Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation) → relatedTo → Article I (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment) ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ⓘ
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Article XX (General Exceptions) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ⓘ
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Article XX (General Exceptions) → adoptedIn → GATT 1947 ⓘ
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Havana Charter negotiations → relatedTo → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Havana Charter negotiations → result → International Trade Organization not established ⓘ
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Havana Charter negotiations → result → GATT remained main multilateral trade framework ⓘ
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Annecy Round (1949) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Annecy Round (1949) → legalFramework → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Annecy Round (1949) → hasParticipant → GATT contracting parties ⓘ
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Torquay Round (1950–1951) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Torquay Round (1950–1951) → framework → GATT framework ⓘ
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Torquay Round (1950–1951) → legalBasis → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947 ⓘ
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Torquay Round (1950–1951) → relatedTo → World Trade Organization ⓘ
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Dillon Round (1960–1962) → organizedBy → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Dillon Round (1960–1962) → hasParticipant → GATT contracting parties ⓘ
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Dillon Round (1960–1962) → legalFramework → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Dillon Round (1960–1962) → treatySystem → GATT trade rounds ⓘ
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Kennedy Round (1964–1967) → underAuspicesOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Kennedy Round (1964–1967) → abbreviation → GATT ⓘ
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Kennedy Round (1964–1967) → relatedConcept → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Tokyo Round (1973–1979) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
Tokyo Round (1973–1979) → underAuspicesOf → GATT ⓘ
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