Dillon Round of GATT

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The Dillon Round of GATT was a series of multilateral trade negotiations held from 1960 to 1962 that focused on tariff reductions and the reorganization of customs duties following the creation of the European Economic Community.

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instanceOf GATT trade negotiation round
multilateral trade negotiation
aim to maintain non-discriminatory trade among GATT members
to reduce tariffs on industrial goods
to reorganize customs duties after the formation of the EEC
appliesTo agricultural products
industrial products
appliesToJurisdiction GATT member states
chronologyWithinSeries fifth round of GATT multilateral trade negotiations
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime 1962
facetOf history of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
history of the multilateral trading system
field international trade
tariff policy
trade policy
followedBy Kennedy Round (1964–1967)
surface form: Kennedy Round of GATT
follows Annecy Round of GATT
Torquay Round of GATT
hasEffect liberalization of world trade
strengthening of multilateral trading system
hasParticipant European Economic Community
GATT contracting parties
United States of America
surface form: United States
historicalPeriod Cold War era
location Geneva
Switzerland
mainSubject European Economic Community common external tariff
customs duties reorganization
tariff reductions
name Dillon Round
namedAfter C. Douglas Dillon
C. Douglas Dillon
surface form: Douglas Dillon
negotiationFramework General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
organizer Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
partOf General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
reasonForInitiation creation of the European Economic Community
need to reconcile national tariffs with EEC common external tariff
shortName Dillon Round
significantEvent negotiation of tariff concessions with the European Economic Community
significantOutcome adjustment of tariffs to EEC common external tariff
consolidation of GATT rules after creation of the EEC
reduction of customs tariffs
startTime 1960

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Dillon Round hasName Dillon Round of GATT