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GATT

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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By the GATT Uruguay Round (1986-1994), more developing countries were in the GATT and more issues of interest to them were being negotiated.
Gatt admitted sexual activity with a child and was given a 20-month prison sentence suspended for two years, placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years and ordered to pay PS1000 in costs.
Cuba's post-revolutionary role as a GATT Contracting Party and later as a member of the WTO has been unique among participants in these organizations.
Many authors who describe the GATT as a club do not explain what exactly they mean by this term.
Frente a tentativa formal norte-americana de incluir o tema de servicos na pauta de uma rodada multilateral, as instrucoes recebidas de Brasilia pelo negociador na ocasiao ordenavam "declarar, como principio, que o GATT nao contempla especificamente esta materia, cuja amplitude e de tal ordem que podera levar a interferencias indebitas em questoes de competencia exclusiva de cada Parte Contratante".
GATT is in fact a multilateral agreement and one of the expert-level sub-institutes of the United Nations but is not recognized as an international organization.
Adelaide, Australia, March 19, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Gatt Old Vine Shiraz has emerged triumphant as the best wine in the world.

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