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1986-1994 - GATT negotiations culminate in the Marrakech Agreement that establishes the World Trade Organization (WTO). January 1, 1995 - The WTO comes into existence. May 1, 1995 - Renato Ruggiero becomes director-general for a 4-year term. December 9, 1996 – December 13, 1996 - The inaugural ministerial conference takes place in Singapore.
The American economists Harry Dexter White (left) and John Maynard Keynes (right) at the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire [27]. The WTO precursor, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), was established by a multilateral treaty of 23 countries in 1947 after the end of World War II, in the wake of other new multilateral institutions dedicated to international economic ...
The GATT was the only multilateral instrument governing international trade from 1946 until the WTO was established on 1 January 1995. [9] Despite attempts in the mid-1950s and 1960s to create some form of institutional mechanism for international trade, the GATT continued to operate for almost half a century as a semi-institutionalized multilateral treaty regime on a provisional basis. [10]
2000: America Online merges with Time Warner. While the "marriage" didn't last, it was biggest corporate merger in history at the time. While the "marriage" didn't last, it was biggest corporate ...
The two organizations have worked together since 2016, but this is the first time that Discovery Channel itself has been made available. [24] In 2022, Discovery merged with WarnerMedia, forming Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA in Europe, with the new entity being responsible for the assets in Europe.
On 23 March 2009, Time Warner announced it would invest $241.5 million in CME for a 31% stake. [4] By 2Q 2013, Time Warner had acquired a controlling interest in CME in a series of transactions. [5] In October 2019, AT&T signed an agreement to sell WarnerMedia's stake to PPF. [6] [7] The transaction valued at $2.1 billion was completed in ...
Despite spinning off Time Inc. in 2014, the company retained the Time Warner name until 2018, when the company was renamed WarnerMedia after it was acquired by AT&T. [7] On October 22, 2016, AT&T officially announced that they intended on acquiring Time Warner for $85.4 billion (or $108.7 billion when including assumed Time Warner debt ...
In October 2022, it was announced that a Warner TV channel would be launched in Italy by October 30 of the same year. However unlike other Warner TV channels, this one will be operating as a free to air channel on Italian DTT. [10] On February 27, 2023 it was announced that TNT in Spain would be rebranded as Warner TV on April 14, 2023. [11]