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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Geneva Round (1947) canonical 4
Geneva Round 1

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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
Myanmar
surface form: Burma

Canada
Chile
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
France
India
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
surface form: Rhodesia

South Africa
Zimbabwe
surface form: Southern Rhodesia

Sri Lanka
Syria
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: 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 (1947) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Geneva Round
underFrameworkOf General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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Geneva Round (1947) shortName Geneva Round (1947) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Geneva Round
Annecy Round (1949) precededBy Geneva Round (1947)
Annecy Round (1949) follows Geneva Round (1947)
Annecy Round (1949) relatedTo Geneva Round (1947)