Uruguay Round (1986–1994)

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GATT trade round international agreement multilateral trade negotiation

The Uruguay Round (1986–1994) was a major multilateral trade negotiation that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization and significantly expanded and strengthened global trade rules.

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Surface form Occurrences
Uruguay Round 6
Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations 3
GATT Uruguay Round 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf GATT trade round ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
multilateral trade negotiation ⓘ
abbreviation Uruguay Round (1986–1994) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: GATT Uruguay Round
administeredBy General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
surface form: GATT Secretariat
concludedAt Marrakesh ⓘ
concludedIn 1994 ⓘ
conclusionCountry Morocco ⓘ
endDate 1994 ⓘ
expandedRulesTo agriculture ⓘ
intellectual property ⓘ
sanitary and phytosanitary measures ⓘ
technical barriers to trade ⓘ
textiles and clothing ⓘ
trade in services ⓘ
trade‑related investment measures ⓘ
followedBy Doha Development Agenda ⓘ
surface form: Doha Development Round
framework General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
impact integration of services and intellectual property into multilateral trade law ⓘ
significant reduction of tariffs on industrial products ⓘ
launchCountry Uruguay ⓘ
launchedAt Punta del Este ⓘ
legacy creation of a binding dispute settlement mechanism under the WTO ⓘ
establishment of a rules‑based multilateral trading system ⓘ
legalInstrumentSigned Marrakesh Agreement ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingCountries over 120 ⓘ
objective create a stronger and more comprehensive multilateral trading system ⓘ
extend multilateral trade rules to new areas ⓘ
reduce tariffs and non‑tariff barriers to trade ⓘ
predecessor Tokyo Round ⓘ
producedAgreement Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
surface form: Agreement on Agriculture

Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures ⓘ
Agreement on Preshipment Inspection ⓘ
Technical Committee on Rules of Origin ⓘ
surface form: Agreement on Rules of Origin

Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Code ⓘ
surface form: Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing ⓘ
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ
surface form: Agreement on Trade‑Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

Agreement on Trade‑Related Investment Measures ⓘ
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ⓘ
Customs Valuation Agreement ⓘ
General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements ⓘ
surface form: Plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement

Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ
surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
resultedIn Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
World Trade Organization ⓘ
scope most comprehensive trade negotiation in GATT history ⓘ
startDate 1986 ⓘ
strengthened global trade rules ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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Uruguay Round (1986–1994) → abbreviation → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: GATT Uruguay Round
General Agreement on Trade in Services → adoptedAsPartOf → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round agreements
Customs Valuation Agreement → concludedAt → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations
TPRM → createdBy → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round negotiations
CTS → establishedInContextOf → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
subject surface form: Council for Trade in Services
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations
Tokyo Round (1973–1979) → followedBy → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round
Tokyo Round (1973–1979) → followedBy → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: GATT Uruguay Round
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing → negotiationContext → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round
Annex on Maritime Transport Services → negotiationContext → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round services negotiations
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → negotiationRound → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
General Agreement on Trade in Services → negotiationRound → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round
Marrakesh Agreement → negotiationRound → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round
Customs Valuation Code → partOf → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round Agreements
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round agreements
Doha Development Agenda → predecessor → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round
Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements → relatedTo → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations
Tokyo Round → successor → Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguay Round