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GATT

(găt)

abbr.

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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GATT

(ɡæt)

n acronym for

(Commerce) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: a multilateral international treaty signed in 1947 to promote trade, esp by means of the reduction and elimination of tariffs and import quotas; replaced in 1995 by the World Trade Organization

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GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

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GATT - a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

UN agency, United Nations agency - an agency of the United Nations

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GATT

[gæt] N ABBR =General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → GATT m

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GATT

[ˈgæt] n abbr (=General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) → GATT m

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GATT

(Hist) abbr of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → GATT nt

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GATT

[gæt] n abbr =General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → GATT m =accordo generale sulle tariffe e sul commercio

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However, in the 1950s, more independent former colonies joined the GATT along with countries from Latin America.

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Mr Gatt added: "We're looking forward to welcoming the trained personnel and their families to Moray and the valued contribution they'll make to the local economy."

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He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The Gatt rules are clear - the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has testified to this effect in Parliament and I have spoken to the director-general of the World Trade Organisation on this fact.

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Gatt crossed after the interval before Grabham gave the visitors hope with his second.

CARDIFF..........................39 BRIDGEND.......................30

But Gatt said: "My past has never been an issue before - people with a grudge against me are trying to stir things up.

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The WTO implements the Marrekesh Agreement that was signed by 124 nations on April 15, 1994, replacing the 1948 GATT. But it was only in December that same year that the Philippine Senate ndash during the 10th Congress ndash ratified our treaty commitments under the GATT-Uruguay Round.

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Revolution, Embargo, and GATT Participation during the Soviet Period

Cuba, Trade Dependency and the GATT/WTO System

Luke Griffiths made a mess of clearance as he stepped into touch and it almost cost the visitors dearly, but Gatt had a try disallowed for a forward pass.

BRIDGEND......................24 SWANSEA.........................0

Posturas que no convenian del todo a ninguna de las dos partes (Witker, Principios y estructura del GATT, 1979) (Patino Manfer, 1994, pag.

HISTORICAL-LEGAL ANTECEDENTS OF CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL TRADE/ANTECEDENTES HISTORICO--JURIDICOS DEL COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL CONTEMPORANEO

What, then, prompted the major trading nations to complement this universal ambition with, and eventually abandon it in favor of, the club approach to multilateral trade lawmaking that is embodied in the GATT? Examination of the historical material reveals three factors that led these nations to see participation in multilateral trade lawmaking as a club good: (1) the greater practicality of negotiations among a smaller group of countries, (2) the insiders' greater influence on the outcome of the negotiations, and (3) the possibility subsequently to compel outsiders to join the agreement on the insiders' terms (leverage).