Marrakesh Agreement

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founding treaty international treaty multilateral agreement

The Marrakesh Agreement is the 1994 international treaty that created the World Trade Organization and established the modern framework for global trade rules.

Aliases (1)

Marrakesh Ministerial Conference ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	founding treaty → international treaty → multilateral agreement →
adoptedBy	Ministers of participating governments in the Uruguay Round →
alsoKnownAs	Agreement Establishing the WTO →
cameIntoEffectWith	establishment of the World Trade Organization on 1995-01-01 →
category	1994 in international relations → Treaties establishing intergovernmental organizations → World Trade Organization law →
createdOrganization	World Trade Organization →
defines	legal personality of the World Trade Organization →
enteredIntoForceOn	1995-01-01 →
establishes	Trade Policy Review Mechanism → dispute settlement system of the WTO → institutional framework for world trade →
includes	Annex 1A: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods → Annex 1B: General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) → Annex 1C: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) → Annex 2: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) → Annex 3: Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) → Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements →
language	English → French → Spanish →
legalBasisFor	World Trade Organization →
negotiatedUnder	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) →
negotiationRound	Uruguay Round →
officialName	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization →
predecessor	GATT 1947 →
providesFor	decision-making procedures of the WTO → principles and rules of the World Trade Organization → structure of WTO bodies →
purpose	to create an integrated, more enforceable and binding multilateral trading system → to provide a common institutional framework for the conduct of trade relations among members →
regionScope	global →
replacedOrganization	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947 system →
shortName	Marrakesh Agreement →
signatoriesType	sovereign states and separate customs territories →
signedAt	Marrakesh →
signedInCountry	Morocco →
signedOn	1994-04-15 →
subjectMatter	international trade → multilateral trading system → trade liberalization →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Marrakesh Agreement → Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization →	shortName
WTO Agreement on Safeguards ("Marrakesh Ministerial Conference") →	adoptedAt
Uruguay Round (1986–1994) →	legalInstrumentSigned