Dillon Round (1960–1962)

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GATT trade round multilateral trade negotiation

The Dillon Round (1960–1962) was an early postwar multilateral trade negotiation that focused on tariff reductions and adjustments to accommodate the creation of the European Economic Community.

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Label	Occurrences
Dillon Round (1960–1962) canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	GATT trade round ⓘ multilateral trade negotiation ⓘ
aimedTo	reconcile common external tariff of the EEC with GATT obligations ⓘ reduce customs tariffs ⓘ
approximateNumberOfParticipants	26 ⓘ
chairperson	Douglas Dillon ⓘ
context	post–World War II trade liberalization ⓘ
countryRepresentedByChair	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1962 ⓘ
followedBy	Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ surface form: Kennedy Round
follows	Annecy Round (1949) ⓘ surface form: Annecy Round Torquay Round (1950–1951) ⓘ surface form: Torquay Round
hasParticipant	European Economic Community ⓘ General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: GATT contracting parties United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
historicalSignificance	first GATT round to address the formation of a major customs union ⓘ precursor to broader tariff-cutting initiatives in the Kennedy Round ⓘ
impact	contributed to gradual reduction of global tariff levels ⓘ helped integrate the EEC into the GATT system ⓘ
languageOfNegotiation	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalFramework	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
locatedIn	Geneva ⓘ
mainFocus	adjustments for the creation of the European Economic Community ⓘ tariff reductions ⓘ
name	Dillon Round ⓘ
namedAfter	Douglas Dillon ⓘ
negotiationMethod	request–offer bargaining on tariffs ⓘ
negotiationType	multilateral ⓘ
organizedBy	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
partOf	history of the multilateral trading system ⓘ
policyArea	international trade policy ⓘ tariff policy ⓘ
precededByEvent	creation of the European Economic Community ⓘ
precondition	establishment of the European Economic Community in 1957 ⓘ
relatedTo	European Economic Community ⓘ surface form: European Economic Community common external tariff postwar trade liberalization under GATT ⓘ
result	modest overall tariff cuts compared to later rounds ⓘ negotiated common external tariff schedules for the EEC ⓘ tariff concessions among GATT members ⓘ
scope	agricultural tariffs ⓘ industrial tariffs ⓘ
startTime	1960 ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era
treatySystem	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: GATT trade rounds

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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → negotiationRound → Dillon Round (1960–1962) ⓘ