General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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international treaty multilateral trade agreement

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was a post–World War II multilateral treaty that governed international trade by reducing tariffs and other barriers, laying the foundation for the modern global trading system.

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All labels observed (32)

Label	Occurrences
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade canonical	65
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994	26
GATT 1994	23
GATT	14
GATT 1947	10
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947	5
Article I (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment)	2
GATT contracting parties	2
Article I of GATT	1
Article II GATT	1
Article II of GATT 1947	1
Article XI (General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions)	1
Article XXIV (Territorial Application—Frontier Traffic—Customs Unions and Free-trade Areas)	1
Article XXVIII of GATT	1
GATT 1947 in WTO context	1
GATT 1947 system	1
GATT 1994 under the WTO framework	1
GATT Articles I–XXXVIII	1
GATT Contracting Parties	1
GATT Secretariat	1
GATT era 1948–1994	1
GATT framework	1
GATT remained main multilateral trade framework	1
GATT trade rounds	1
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)	1
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947	1
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947 institutional framework	1
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947 system	1
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) framework	1
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1948	1
International Trade Organization not established	1
World Trade Organization	1

Statements (83)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ multilateral trade agreement ⓘ
abbreviation	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GATT
aimsTo	prevent protectionism ⓘ promote trade liberalization ⓘ provide a rules-based trading system ⓘ reduce non-tariff barriers to trade ⓘ reduce tariffs ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	member countries of GATT ⓘ
basedOn	Havana Charter negotiations ⓘ surface form: Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization
cameIntoForce	1 January 1948 ⓘ
concludedBy	Uruguay Round agreements ⓘ
continuedAs	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GATT 1994 under the WTO framework
countryOfOrigin	Switzerland ⓘ
dissolved	1 January 1995 ⓘ
draftedBy	participating governments of 23 countries ⓘ
fieldOfWork	international trade ⓘ trade liberalization ⓘ
follows	Havana Charter negotiations ⓘ
hasEffect	creation of a multilateral trading system ⓘ expansion of world trade ⓘ reduction of average tariffs among industrialized countries ⓘ
hasLegacy	foundation of the modern multilateral trading system ⓘ
hasPart	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Article I (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment) Article II (Schedules of Concessions) ⓘ Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation) ⓘ General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Article XI (General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions) Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products) ⓘ Article XX (General Exceptions) ⓘ Article XXI (Security Exceptions) ⓘ General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Article XXIV (Territorial Application—Frontier Traffic—Customs Unions and Free-trade Areas) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GATT Articles I–XXXVIII GATT contracting parties meetings ⓘ GATT dispute settlement procedures ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
inception	1947 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalSuccessor	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
negotiationRound	Annecy Round (1949) ⓘ Dillon Round (1960–1962) ⓘ Geneva Round (1947) ⓘ Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ Tokyo Round (1973–1979) ⓘ Torquay Round (1950–1951) ⓘ Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ
numberOfMembers	128 ⓘ
originalSignatory	Australia ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma Canada ⓘ Chile ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ India ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Norway ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ surface form: Southern Rhodesia Sri Lanka ⓘ Syria ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Bretton Woods system framework ⓘ post–World War II economic order ⓘ
principle	most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ national treatment ⓘ reciprocity in trade concessions ⓘ tariffs as primary trade policy instrument ⓘ transparency in trade regulations ⓘ
referredToAs	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: GATT 1947 in WTO context
replacedBy	World Trade Organization ⓘ
shortName	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GATT 1947
signedIn	1947 ⓘ

Referenced by (171)

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

World Trade Organization → replaced → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

World Trade Organization → predecessor → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1947

World Trade Organization → coreAgreement → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → abbreviation → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → shortName → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1947

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → hasPart → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT Articles I–XXXVIII

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → hasPart → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → hasPart → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article XI (General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → hasPart → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article XXIV (Territorial Application—Frontier Traffic—Customs Unions and Free-trade Areas)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → referredToAs → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1947 in WTO context

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → continuedAs → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1994 under the WTO framework

Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → replaces → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947 institutional framework

Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → successorTo → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1947 system

General Agreement on Trade in Services → predecessor → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Dispute Settlement Understanding → appliesTo → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1994

Trade Policy Review Mechanism → originatedIn → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Article XXI (Security Exceptions) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947

Article XXI (Security Exceptions) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1994

Geneva Round (1947) → underFrameworkOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → shortName → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II GATT

Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → relatedTo → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I of GATT

Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → relatedTo → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article XXVIII of GATT

Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → includedIn → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1994

Article II (Schedules of Concessions) → predecessor → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article II of GATT 1947

Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1947

Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation) → relatedTo → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment)

Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

Article XX (General Exceptions) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

Article XX (General Exceptions) → adoptedIn → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1947

Havana Charter negotiations → relatedTo → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Havana Charter negotiations → result → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Trade Organization not established

Havana Charter negotiations → result → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT remained main multilateral trade framework

Annecy Round (1949) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Annecy Round (1949) → legalFramework → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Annecy Round (1949) → hasParticipant → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT contracting parties

Torquay Round (1950–1951) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Torquay Round (1950–1951) → framework → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT framework

Torquay Round (1950–1951) → legalBasis → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947

Torquay Round (1950–1951) → relatedTo → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Trade Organization

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

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

this entity surface form: GATT contracting parties

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

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

this entity surface form: GATT trade rounds

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

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

this entity surface form: GATT

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

Tokyo Round (1973–1979) → partOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

Tokyo Round (1973–1979) → underAuspicesOf → General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT