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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. abbr. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Wiktionary

  1. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Superseded by the World Trade Organisation (WTO))

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. acronym a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas

Examples

  • “The ongoing negotiations to finalize the so-called Uruguay Round in the context of GATT is very important in securing the future openness of the world trade to the benefit of all.”

    European Integration and Relations with North America

  • “The GATT is not the only international body in which we are active these days and within which we have a special opportunity to exercise positive influence.”

    Managing Change

  • “What GATT is going to do, I would say, is three things.”

    An Industrial Policy for Canada—Time for Fundamental Changes

  • “The forthcoming negotiations in GATT will likewise throw some light on the present unsatisfactory situation.”

    The Future of European Integration and German-Canadian Relations

  • “The role which our Federal Government plays in GATT, insuring export markets, and in opening the Canadian market for foreign imports, have a decided influence on the ability of the Canadian economy to compete.”

    The Resultant of Forces

  • “A customs union fulfills these criteria-a free trade area as defined in GATT, much less so.”

    Imperial Preference and GATT

  • “It is in GATT, the OECD, and at Commonwealth meetings, that Canada has the opportunity of putting forward her views.”

    Imperial Preference and GATT

  • “Another little-known fact about GATT is that the Agreement is only being applied provisionally and not, definitively, as provided for in the articles of the Agreement.”

    Imperial Preference and GATT

  • “A major achievement from the American point of view, however, was the provision in GATT that no new preferences could be introduced, nor could existing preferences be increased.”

    Imperial Preference and GATT

  • “In Great Britain, GATT is frequently attacked as an obstacle to the further extension of preferences.”

    Imperial Preference and GATT

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