Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations

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GATT trade negotiation multilateral trade negotiation round

The Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations was a major series of trade talks under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) during the 1970s that aimed to reduce tariffs and address non-tariff barriers to international trade.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations	2
Tokyo Round Agreement on Customs Valuation	1
Tokyo Round of GATT multilateral trade negotiations	1
Tokyo Round of GATT negotiations	1
Tokyo Round of GATT trade negotiations	1
Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations canonical	1
Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT	1
the 1979 Tokyo Round Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1947	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3013053 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Context triple: [Tokyo Round, alsoKnownAs, Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations]

A. Annecy Round of GATT
Annecy Round of GATT was the 1949 multilateral trade negotiation under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that focused on reducing tariffs among participating countries.
B. Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
The Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization is the 1994 multilateral treaty that created the WTO and set the legal and institutional framework for the modern global trading system.
C. Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994
The Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994, commonly known as the Anti-Dumping Agreement, sets out detailed rules for how World Trade Organization members may investigate and apply measures against dumped imports that cause injury to domestic industries.
D. Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994
The Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994, commonly known as the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement, sets out rules for determining the customs value of imported goods to ensure fair, uniform, and neutral application of trade regulations.
E. Nagoya Resolution
The Nagoya Resolution is an international sports governance decision that formally established the name "Chinese Taipei" for teams and organizations representing Taiwan in global competitions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Target entity description: The Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations was a major series of trade talks under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) during the 1970s that aimed to reduce tariffs and address non-tariff barriers to international trade.

A. Annecy Round of GATT
Annecy Round of GATT was the 1949 multilateral trade negotiation under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that focused on reducing tariffs among participating countries.
B. Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
The Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization is the 1994 multilateral treaty that created the WTO and set the legal and institutional framework for the modern global trading system.
C. Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994
The Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994, commonly known as the Anti-Dumping Agreement, sets out detailed rules for how World Trade Organization members may investigate and apply measures against dumped imports that cause injury to domestic industries.
D. Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994
The Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994, commonly known as the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement, sets out rules for determining the customs value of imported goods to ensure fair, uniform, and neutral application of trade regulations.
E. Nagoya Resolution
The Nagoya Resolution is an international sports governance decision that formally established the name "Chinese Taipei" for teams and organizations representing Taiwan in global competitions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	GATT trade negotiation ⓘ multilateral trade negotiation round ⓘ
abbreviation	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: GATT
aimedTo	address non-tariff barriers to trade ⓘ improve international trading system rules ⓘ reduce tariffs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tokyo Round ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
endDate	1979 ⓘ
field	international trade ⓘ
focus	harmonization of non-tariff measures ⓘ multilateral tariff reductions ⓘ strengthening of GATT rules ⓘ
framework	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
governedBy	GATT dispute settlement system ⓘ surface form: GATT legal framework
historicalSignificance	expanded scope of multilateral trade rules beyond tariffs ⓘ first major GATT round to comprehensively address non-tariff barriers ⓘ
impact	contributed to global tariff reductions ⓘ created plurilateral codes on specific trade issues ⓘ influenced later WTO agreements ⓘ
legalNature	set of negotiated agreements under GATT ⓘ
location	Tokyo ⓘ
negotiationLevel	ministerial and official level ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingCountries	100+ ⓘ
organizedBy	GATT contracting parties ⓘ
participants	developed countries ⓘ developing countries ⓘ
partOf	postwar GATT negotiation rounds ⓘ
predecessor	Kennedy Round (1964–1967) ⓘ surface form: Kennedy Round of GATT negotiations
resultedIn	Customs Valuation Agreement ⓘ surface form: Agreement on Customs Valuation Plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ surface form: Agreement on Government Procurement Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures ⓘ Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ Anti-Dumping Code ⓘ Tokyo Round ⓘ surface form: Tokyo Round Codes
startDate	1973 ⓘ
subjectOf	anti-dumping practices ⓘ customs valuation ⓘ government procurement ⓘ import licensing procedures ⓘ non-tariff measures ⓘ subsidies and countervailing measures ⓘ tariff reductions ⓘ technical barriers to trade ⓘ
successor	Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ⓘ surface form: Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
timePeriod	1970s ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Tokyo Round → alsoKnownAs → Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ

Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Code → concludedAt → Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tokyo Round of GATT multilateral trade negotiations

Government Procurement Code → negotiationContext → Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tokyo Round of GATT trade negotiations

Standards Code → historicalContext → Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT

Customs Valuation Code → predecessor → Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tokyo Round Agreement on Customs Valuation

Trade Act of 1974 → enables → Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tokyo Round of GATT negotiations

Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994 → replaced → Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ

this entity surface form: the 1979 Tokyo Round Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1947

Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → relatedTo → Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations

Tokyo Round Government Procurement Code → partOf → Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ