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International Trade Organization (Proposed)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The Geneva meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the International Conference on Trade and Employment, in session from April 10 to October 30,1947, had the twofold task of completing the charter for an International Trade Organization and carrying out detailed negotiations among the 18 countries for a general agreement on tariffs and trade. Work on the charter was completed on August 22, 1947, when in plenary session the Preparatory Committee adopted the draft document. On October 30, representatives of 23 countries signed the Final Act, thus completing over 100 separate negotiations for the purpose of reducing trade barriers of various types. The results were incorporated in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. The Specialized Agencies
Information
International Organization , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 1948 , pp. 133 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1948

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References

1 For report of the second session of the Conference, see document E/PC/T/186.

2 United Nations, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. 4 Vols. Lake Success, 11 12, 1947Google Scholar.

3 United Nations Weekly Bulletin, III, p. 596Google Scholar.

4 For further discussion of the Geneva proposals, see Feis, Herbert, “The Geneva Proposals for an International Trade Charter,” this issue, p. 39–52Google Scholar.

5 For an analysis of the agreement, see Department of State, Bulletin, XVII, p. 1042Google Scholar.

6 New York Times, December 7, 1947.

7 Ibid., November 28, 1947.

8 Ibid., December 7, 1947.

9 Ibid., December 16, 1947, p. 24.

10 Ibid.