Geneva Round (1947)

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The Geneva Round (1947) was one of the early multilateral trade negotiation rounds under the GATT that significantly expanded tariff reductions and helped shape the postwar global trading system.

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instanceOf GATT negotiation round
multilateral trade negotiation
trade agreement negotiation
aimedAt expanding world trade
preventing protectionism
reducing tariffs on agricultural products
reducing tariffs on industrial goods
contributedTo institutionalization of GATT
postwar global trading system
follows London Round (1946)
hasLanguage English
French
hasLocation Geneva
Switzerland
hasStartYear 1947
hasSubject multilateral trade liberalization
postwar trade rules
tariff reductions
historicalPeriod post–World War II era
involvesOrganization Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Burma
Canada
Chile
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
France
India
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Rhodesia
South Africa
Southern Rhodesia
Sri Lanka
Syria
United Kingdom
United States
legalBasisFor initial GATT tariff bindings
partOf early GATT rounds
precedes Annecy Round (1949)
resultedIn binding of many tariff rates
concessions schedules under GATT
shortName Geneva Round
underFrameworkOf General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade


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