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The legal texts : the results of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations

The Agreements negotiated in the Uruguay Round, which form the legal framework of the World Trade Organization, will govern world trade into the twenty-first century. This volume covers: - Goods: the updated General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that includes new rules on agriculture, textiles, anti-dumping, subsidies and countervailing measures, import licensing, rules of origin, standards, and pre-shipment inspection. (The original 1947 GATT text is also included in this volume.) - Services: the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) - Intellectual Property: the Agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) - Disputes: the new procedures for dispute settlement - The legal framework for the World Trade Organization This is the definitive reference for all practising and academic trade lawyers. It is an essential addition to all international law libraries, a vital source book for students taking courses on international economic or trade law and an important resource for economists and political scientists
Print Book, English, 1999
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1999
Treaties
ix, 492 pages ; 24 cm
9780521780940, 9780521785808, 9781139206181, 0521780942, 0521785804, 1139206184
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Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods
General Agreement on Trade in Services
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Understanding the rules and procedures governing the settlement of disputes
Trade policy review mechanism
Plurilateral trade agreements
Ministerial decisions and declarations adopted by the Trade Negotiation Committee on 15 December 1993
Ministerial decisions adopted by ministers at the meeting of the Trade Negotiation Committee on 14 April 1994
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT 1947)
Originally published: The results of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations. 1994
"Contains the texts of each of the agreements reached at ... the Uruguay Round in December 1993. It also contains the related decisions taken at the same time and ... later at the Ministerial Meeting in Marrakesh in April 1994"--Preface