Havana Charter negotiations

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international economic negotiation post–World War II diplomatic conference

The Havana Charter negotiations were post–World War II international talks aimed at creating an International Trade Organization to regulate global trade, investment, and employment, but ultimately failed to be ratified.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Havana Charter	5
Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization	3
Havana Charter not ratified by the United States	1
Havana Round of GATT	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international economic negotiation ⓘ post–World War II diplomatic conference ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	multilateral ⓘ
endTime	1948 ⓘ
follows	United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ surface form: Bretton Woods Conference United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment preparatory work ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana ⓘ
hasConsequence	delay of comprehensive trade organization until creation of WTO ⓘ strengthening of GATT system ⓘ
hasDraftDocument	Havana Charter negotiations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Havana Charter
hasGoal	creation of an International Trade Organization ⓘ establishment of rules for restrictive business practices ⓘ promotion of full employment ⓘ reduction of trade barriers ⓘ regulation of foreign investment ⓘ regulation of global trade ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	never entered into force ⓘ
hasMainOutcome	Havana Charter negotiations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization
hasParticipant	Australia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ India ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States other United Nations member states ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early Cold War ⓘ
includesTopic	rules on commodity agreements ⓘ rules on economic development ⓘ rules on employment policies ⓘ rules on restrictive business practices ⓘ rules on state trading ⓘ
locationOfSigning	Havana Charter negotiations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Havana Charter
organizedBy	United Nations ⓘ
precededBy	London preparatory meetings on International Trade Organization ⓘ
proposedOrganization	International Trade Organization ⓘ
regardedAs	third pillar of postwar economic order ⓘ
relatedTo	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ International Monetary Fund ⓘ World Bank ⓘ
result	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: GATT remained main multilateral trade framework Havana Charter negotiations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Havana Charter not ratified by the United States General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: International Trade Organization not established
startTime	1947 ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Cuba ⓘ Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → basedOn → Havana Charter negotiations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization

United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana → draftedDocument → Havana Charter negotiations ⓘ