General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce
Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio
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Founded
1948-01-01 Geneva Switzerland
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GATT is a multilateral treaty embodying reciprocal rights and obligations designed to achieve the objectives set out in the preamble to the Agreement; the Contracting Parties recognize that: their relations in the field of trade and economic endeavour should be conducted with a view to raising standards of living, ensuring full employment and a large and steadily-growing volume of real income and effective demand, developing the full use of the resources of the world and expanding the production and exchange of goods. The detailed undertakings set out in the Agreement, together with a body of case law built up by the Contracting Parties, constitute a general code of conduct covering virtually the whole of commercial relations of member countries. As well as providing a set of trade rules, and machinery for settling disputes, GATT is the forum for Contracting Parties (which account for 90 % of world trade) to work together for liberalization of trade.
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Observer to: B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Arising out of the terms of the Agreement, has special relations with: F-XF2266 - International Monetary Fund (IMF). Invited as Observer to sessions of the Governing Council of: F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Special agreement with: B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Member: of E-XE3014 - Intergovernmental Group on Meat and Dairy Products; F-XF5468 - International Copper Study Group (ICSG).
GATT also maintains relations with international inter-governmental organizations which have a particular interest in matters relating to international trade, customs tariffs, commodity problems, etc:
- F-XF0671 - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS);
- T-XT7568 - Agreement on Trade Negotiations among Developing Member Countries (Bangkok agreement);
- F-XF4535 - Banque des Etats de l'Afrique centrale (BEAC);
- F-XF1159 - Cairns Group;
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- E-XK0128 - EU Customs Union;
- H-XD0665 - European Community;
- E-XE0128 - International Civil Service Commission (ICSC);
- E-XE5305 - United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC);
- C-XC2302 - International Olive Council (IOC);
- F-XF2669 - International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Union);
- E-XE8201 - Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries (Development Committee);
- D-XD2879 - Latin American Integration Association (LAIA);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- E-XD0996 - Secretaria Permanente del Tratado General de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA);
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- H-XD0228 - Union douanière et économique de l'Afrique centrale (UDEAC);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- B-XB0462 - World Customs Organization (WCO).
Links indicated by the following bodies:
- F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- D-XD0766 - EFTA;
- F-XF4360 - European Development Fund (EDF);
- D-XD0544 - European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO);
- H-XF2036 - Group of Eight (G-8);
- E-XE3066 - Intergovernmental Group on Rice;
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- B-XB2674 - International Customs Tariffs Bureau;
- B-XB2812 - International Grains Council (IGC);
- H-XD1197 - International Jute Organization (IJO);
- C-XC2191 - International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG);
- U-XE0890 - International Spice Group;
- B-XB2606 - International Sugar Organization (ISO);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- E-XE6018 - International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB);
- F-XF4542 - Islamic Development Bank (IsDB);
- B-XE2295 - World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH);
- E-XE4630 - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat;
- F-XF4530 - Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA);
- F-XF2671 - Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales (UPOV);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- F-XF5941 - United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF);
- H-XF0660 - WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
No "organic" relations with international non-governmental organizations, but working relations are maintained with certain of these organizations having a particular interest in matters relating to international trade, especially:
- C-XC2389 - Global Pulse Confederation (GPC);
- C-XC1800 - International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC);
- C-XC6198 - International Meat Secretariat (IMS);
- B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO);
- C-XC1898 - International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF);
- C-XC2737 - International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI);
- B-XB3354 - UFI - The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry.
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- Resources → Resources
- Social Activity → Employment
- Social Activity → Income
- Commerce → Customs
- Commerce → Commerce
- Commerce → Trade
- Commerce → Merchandise
- Industry → Production
- Law → Arbitration
- Law → Agreements
- Economics → Economic
- International Relations → United Nations
- Purpose → Purpose
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF0985
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