Agreement on Trade‑Related Investment Measures

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World Trade Organization agreement multilateral trade agreement

The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) is a World Trade Organization accord that disciplines investment measures affecting trade in goods, particularly by prohibiting certain performance requirements such as local content rules.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Trade Organization agreement ⓘ multilateral trade agreement ⓘ
administeredBy	World Trade Organization ⓘ
adoptedAsPartOf	WTO agreements ⓘ surface form: Uruguay Round agreements
alsoKnownAs	TRIMs accord ⓘ
appliesTo	measures taken by central governments ⓘ measures taken by local governments ⓘ measures taken by regional governments ⓘ
basedOn	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
bindingOn	all WTO members ⓘ developed countries ⓘ developing countries ⓘ least‑developed countries that are WTO members ⓘ
concerns	investment measures ⓘ trade in goods ⓘ
contains	illustrative list of inconsistent measures ⓘ
enshrinesPrinciple	elimination of quantitative restrictions ⓘ national treatment for imported products ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1995 ⓘ
excludes	investment measures related to trade in services ⓘ
geographicalScope	global ⓘ
implements	GATT 1994 national treatment obligation ⓘ GATT 1994 prohibition of quantitative restrictions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalNature	binding international agreement ⓘ
legalStatus	annexed agreement to GATT 1994 ⓘ
objective	to ensure that investment measures do not restrict or distort trade ⓘ to reinforce GATT disciplines on non‑discrimination ⓘ
partOf	World Trade Organization legal framework ⓘ
prohibits	discriminatory investment measures affecting imported products ⓘ export restrictions linked to investment performance ⓘ foreign exchange restrictions linked to imports ⓘ local content requirements ⓘ trade‑balancing requirements ⓘ
providesFor	transitional periods for elimination of inconsistent measures ⓘ
regulates	performance requirements linked to investment ⓘ
requires	notification of existing inconsistent measures ⓘ
scope	investment measures related to trade in goods ⓘ
shortName	Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures ⓘ surface form: TRIMs WTO agreements ⓘ surface form: TRIMs Agreement
subjectArea	international economic law ⓘ international trade law ⓘ investment regulation ⓘ
subjectTo	WTO dispute settlement ⓘ surface form: WTO dispute settlement mechanism

Referenced by (2)

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Council for Trade in Goods → oversees → Agreement on Trade‑Related Investment Measures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures

Uruguay Round (1986–1994) → producedAgreement → Agreement on Trade‑Related Investment Measures ⓘ