Business Guide to the Uruguay Round

Authors

Commonwealth Secretariat

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848595569-en

Synopsis

This guide explains the rules of the Uruguay Round trade agreements and their implementation. It provides an overview of achievements of the Uruguay Round and the legal system established by it and explains the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It also presents the rules applicable to trade and examines their implications for trade liberalization, reviewing the main features of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the rules applicable to government procurement and state trading and it describes the provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).

Published jointly by the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Chapters

Introduction

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848595569-1-en

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Overview

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World Trade Organization: forum for negotiations, dispute settlement and trade policy reviews

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Four main rules of GATT

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Valuation of goods for customs purposes

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Preshipment inspection

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Mandatory and voluntary product standards and sanitary and phytosanitary regulations

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Import licensing procedures

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Rules applicable to exports

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Rules governing subsidies on industrial products

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Safeguard measures to restrict imports in emergency situations

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Safeguard actions for economic development purposes: special flexibility available to developing countries

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Response to unfair trade practices: rules on the use of countervailing and anti-dumping duties

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Trade-related investment measures (TRIMs)

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Market access negotiations in the industrial and agricultural sectors (Agreements on Textiles and Clothing and on Agriculture)

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General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

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Government procurement

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State trading

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Agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS)

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Appendices and Index

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Published

1 January 1995

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Trade and Economy

Copyright (c) 1995 Commonwealth Secretariat

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