GATT contracting parties

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The GATT contracting parties were the member countries of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that collectively negotiated and implemented multilateral trade rules before the establishment of the World Trade Organization.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of states
intergovernmental organization member
membership body of an international agreement
appliesToJurisdiction international trade
endTime 1994
follows GATT dispute settlement procedures
GATT most-favoured-nation principle
GATT national treatment principle
GATT tariff reduction schedules
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
hasActivity adoption of GATT legal instruments
dispute settlement
multilateral trade negotiations
tariff reduction negotiations
trade policy review
hasMember Australia
Brazil
Canada
European Economic Community
surface form: European Communities

France
India
Japan
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States

developed countries
developing countries
least-developed countries
hasNumberOfMembersAtEnd over 120
hasRole decision-making body under GATT framework
implementing parties of GATT rules
member countries of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
negotiating parties to multilateral trade agreements
legalBasis General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947
legalSuccessor Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
location Geneva
meetsAt Geneva
operatedInPeriod 1948–1994
participatedIn Kennedy Round (1964–1967)
surface form: Kennedy Round

Tokyo Round
Uruguay Round (1986–1994)
surface form: Uruguay Round
partOf General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
replacedBy General Council of the World Trade Organization
surface form: WTO General Council

World Trade Organization
startTime 1948
subjectHasRole collective administrator of GATT provisions
forum for negotiating reductions in trade barriers
predecessor institutional structure to WTO membership

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Geneva Round (1955–1956) hasParticipant GATT contracting parties
GATT dispute settlement system usedBy GATT contracting parties
Torquay Round of GATT organizedBy GATT contracting parties
Article 11 Prohibition and Elimination of Certain Measures negotiatedBy GATT contracting parties
this entity surface form: GATT Contracting Parties
Dillon Round of GATT hasParticipant GATT contracting parties
Annecy Round facetOf GATT contracting parties
this entity surface form: GATT tariff negotiations
Article XIX:5 belongsToBody GATT contracting parties
this entity surface form: GATT Contracting Parties and WTO Members