Annecy Round (1949)

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GATT negotiating round multilateral trade negotiation

Annecy Round (1949) was the second major postwar GATT negotiating round, held in Annecy, France, that focused on reducing tariffs to further liberalize international trade.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Annecy Round	4

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	GATT negotiating round ⓘ multilateral trade negotiation ⓘ
abbreviation	Annecy Round of GATT ⓘ surface form: GATT Annecy Round
aim	reduction of customs duties on imports ⓘ tariff reduction ⓘ trade liberalization ⓘ
belongsToRegime	multilateral trading system ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
economicObjective	expansion of world trade ⓘ reduction of trade barriers among participating countries ⓘ
field	international economic relations ⓘ international trade ⓘ
followedBy	Torquay Round (1950–1951) ⓘ
follows	Geneva Round (1947) ⓘ
geopoliticalContext	early Cold War era ⓘ
hasName	Annecy Round (1949) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Annecy Round Annecy Round of GATT ⓘ
hasOutcome	concessions on tariffs ⓘ further liberalization of international trade ⓘ
hasParticipant	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: GATT contracting parties
historicalSignificance	contributed to consolidation of the postwar multilateral trading system ⓘ
isPostwarRound	true ⓘ
languageOfNegotiation	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalFramework	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
locatedIn	Annecy, France ⓘ surface form: Annecy Annecy, France ⓘ
negotiationType	multilateral tariff negotiation ⓘ
organisedBy	contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
partOf	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
partOfSeries	Annecy Round of GATT ⓘ surface form: GATT trade rounds
policyArea	trade policy ⓘ
policyInstrument	tariffs ⓘ
precededBy	Geneva Round (1947) ⓘ
purpose	to deepen commitments made in the Geneva Round (1947) ⓘ
relatedTo	Geneva Round (1947) ⓘ Havana Charter negotiations ⓘ Torquay Round (1950–1951) ⓘ
sequenceInSeries	second major postwar GATT round ⓘ
startTime	1949 ⓘ
subjectMatter	customs duties ⓘ market access for goods ⓘ tariff schedules ⓘ
temporalContext	post-World War II period ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Dillon Round (1960–1962) → follows → Annecy Round (1949) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annecy Round

Annecy Round (1949) → hasName → Annecy Round (1949) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annecy Round

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → negotiationRound → Annecy Round (1949) ⓘ

Dillon Round → precededBy → Annecy Round (1949) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annecy Round

Torquay Round (1950–1951) → precededBy → Annecy Round (1949) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annecy Round

Geneva Round (1947) → precedes → Annecy Round (1949) ⓘ