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  2. World Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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    The 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 cooperation—such ...

  3. International Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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    The International Trade Organization (ITO) was the proposed name for an international institution for the regulation of trade.. Led by the United States in collaboration with allies, the effort to form the organization from 1945 to 1948, with the successful passing of the Havana Charter, eventually failed due to lack of approval by the US Congress.

  4. List of executive actions by Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Prescribing Measures for Complying with National Recovery Act Codes March 14, 1934 700 6647 March 17, 1934 701 6647-A March 17, 1934 702 6647-B March 17, 1934 703 6648 March 20, 1934 704 6649 March 23, 1934 705 6650 March 23, 1934 706 6651: Establishment of the Office of Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Trade March 23, 1934 707 6652

  5. Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures - Wikipedia

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    The agreement, concluded in 1994, was negotiated under the WTO's predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and came into force in 1995. The agreement was agreed upon by all members of the World Trade Organization. Trade-Related Investment Measures is one of the four principal legal agreements of the WTO trade treaty.

  6. Trade Act of 1974 - Wikipedia

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    The Trade Act of 1974 created fast track authority for the President to negotiate trade agreements that Congress can approve or disapprove but cannot amend or filibuster. The Act provided the President with tariff and non-tariff trade barrier negotiating authority for the Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations. Gerald Ford was the ...

  7. Marrakesh Agreement - Wikipedia

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    The Marrakesh Agreement, manifested by the Marrakesh Declaration, was an agreement signed in Marrakesh, Morocco, by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, marking the culmination of the 8-year-long Uruguay Round and establishing the World Trade Organization, which officially came into being on 1 January 1995.

  8. Kennedy Round - Wikipedia

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    The Kennedy Round officially opened on May 4, 1964, at the Palais des Nations.It was the last GATT round to have tariff reduction as its primary focus. [8] However, it was the first GATT round to deal with non-tariff issues, such as dumping, a practice whereby a company exports a product at a price lower than the price it charges in its home market. [9]

  9. Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 - Wikipedia

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    Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-573) clarified the conditions under which unfair trade cases under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618) can be pursued. It also provided bilateral trade negotiating authority for the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement and the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, and set out procedures to be followed for congressional approval of future bilateral ...