Kennedy Round (1964–1967)

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GATT negotiation round multilateral trade negotiation trade liberalization initiative

The Kennedy Round (1964–1967) was a major series of multilateral trade negotiations under GATT that significantly reduced tariffs and advanced global trade liberalization.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Kennedy Round	6
Kennedy Round of GATT negotiations	3
GATT Kennedy Round	1
Kennedy Round (1964–1967) canonical	1
Kennedy Round of GATT	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	GATT negotiation round ⓘ multilateral trade negotiation ⓘ trade liberalization initiative ⓘ
abbreviation	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: GATT
agreementType	multilateral trade agreement ⓘ
approximateAverageTariffCut	35 percent ⓘ
countryOfNegotiation	Switzerland ⓘ
endDate	1967 ⓘ
focusArea	agricultural trade issues ⓘ anti-dumping rules ⓘ industrial tariffs ⓘ
followedBy	Tokyo Round ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first major attempt at comprehensive linear tariff cuts under GATT ⓘ milestone in postwar trade liberalization ⓘ
impact	promotion of global trade growth in late 1960s and 1970s ⓘ reduction of average industrial tariffs among major trading nations ⓘ
initiatedBy	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
keyParticipant	Benelux Union ⓘ surface form: Benelux countries Canada ⓘ European Economic Community ⓘ France ⓘ Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States West Germany ⓘ
legalBasis	Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ⓘ surface form: United States Trade Expansion Act of 1962
location	Geneva ⓘ
mainObjective	expansion of world trade ⓘ tariff reduction ⓘ trade liberalization ⓘ
method	across-the-board linear tariff cuts ⓘ
name	Kennedy Round (1964–1967) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kennedy Round
namedAfter	John F. Kennedy ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingCountries	over 60 ⓘ
policyArea	international trade policy ⓘ tariff policy ⓘ
precededBy	Dillon Round ⓘ
relatedConcept	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ World Trade Organization ⓘ multilateral trading system ⓘ
result	consolidation of tariff bindings ⓘ significant reduction of customs duties on industrial products ⓘ strengthening of GATT system ⓘ
startDate	1964 ⓘ
status	concluded ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era
underAuspicesOf	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → negotiationRound → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

Dillon Round (1960–1962) → followedBy → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round

Kennedy Round (1964–1967) → name → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round

Tokyo Round (1973–1979) → follows → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round

Tokyo Round (1973–1979) → follows → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT Kennedy Round

Trade Expansion Act of 1962 → relatedTo → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round of GATT negotiations

Dillon Round → followedBy → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round

Tokyo Round → predecessor → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round

Public Law 87-794 → relatedTo → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round of GATT negotiations

Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations → predecessor → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round of GATT negotiations

Dillon Round of GATT → followedBy → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round of GATT

GATT contracting parties → participatedIn → Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kennedy Round