Tokyo Round

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The Tokyo Round was a major series of multilateral trade negotiations 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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Tokyo Round canonical 8
Tokyo Round Codes 3
Tokyo Round Standards Code 1

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instanceOf GATT negotiation round
multilateral trade negotiation
aimedAt reduction of non-tariff barriers
tariff reduction
trade liberalization
alsoKnownAs Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
chairperson Olivier Long
endYear 1979
focus agricultural trade issues
customs valuation
government procurement
import licensing procedures
non-tariff measures
safeguard measures
subsidies and countervailing measures
tariff cuts on industrial products
technical barriers to trade
historicalPeriod 1970s
hostOrganization WTO Secretariat
surface form: GATT Secretariat
impact increased predictability of market access commitments
strengthened disciplines on trade-distorting practices
legalFramework General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
surface form: GATT
legalNature plurilateral codes within GATT framework
location Geneva
organizedBy General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
surface form: GATT
outcome reduction of average industrial tariffs in major economies
participants developed countries
developing countries
partOf General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
predecessor Kennedy Round (1964–1967)
surface form: Kennedy Round
resultedIn Anti-Dumping Code
surface form: Agreement on Anti-Dumping

Customs Valuation Agreement
surface form: Agreement on Customs Valuation

Government Procurement Code
surface form: Agreement on Government Procurement

Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Code
surface form: Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Tokyo Round self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tokyo Round Codes

framework for dispute settlement improvements
significance deepened rules-based multilateral trading system
expanded GATT disciplines beyond tariffs
prepared ground for creation of WTO
startYear 1973
subjectArea international economic relations
international trade
successor Uruguay Round (1986–1994)
surface form: Uruguay Round
typeOfMeasure multilateral tariff concessions
rules on non-tariff measures

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Tokyo Round resultedIn Tokyo Round self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tokyo Round Codes
Standards Code framework Tokyo Round
this entity surface form: Tokyo Round Codes
Standards Code alternativeName Tokyo Round
this entity surface form: Tokyo Round Standards Code
Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations resultedIn Tokyo Round
this entity surface form: Tokyo Round Codes