United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana

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United Nations conference international conference

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana was a 1947–1948 international meeting that drafted the Havana Charter, an ambitious but ultimately unratified blueprint for a postwar International Trade Organization and a more regulated global trading system.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Havana Conference on Trade and Employment 2
United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment 1

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations conference ⓘ
international conference ⓘ
aimedToCreate International Trade Organization ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
describedAs ambitious blueprint for a postwar International Trade Organization ⓘ
blueprint for a more regulated global trading system ⓘ
draftedDocument Havana Charter negotiations ⓘ
surface form: Havana Charter
followed United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference ⓘ
surface form: Bretton Woods Conference
hasEndTime 1948 ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasStartTime 1947 ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
influenced development of the multilateral trading system ⓘ
subsequent trade negotiations under GATT ⓘ
location Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana
organizer United Nations ⓘ
partOf postwar economic order negotiations ⓘ
purpose to design a postwar international trade regime ⓘ
to draft a charter for an International Trade Organization ⓘ
relatedTo General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
result Havana Charter not ratified ⓘ
International Trade Organization ⓘ
surface form: International Trade Organization not established
subjectMatter international trade ⓘ
multilateral trade rules ⓘ
regulation of global trading system ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

London preparatory meetings on International Trade Organization → followedBy → United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Havana Conference on Trade and Employment
Havana Charter negotiations → hasAlternativeName → United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana ⓘ
London preparatory meetings on International Trade Organization → preparatoryFor → United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment
London preparatory meetings on International Trade Organization → preparatoryFor → United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Havana Conference on Trade and Employment