Uruguay Round

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Cairns Group

• In Cairns Group …the early phases of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations. The group takes its name from the city of its founding in northeastern Australia and reflects Australia’s prominent role in bringing the group into existence. Read More

intellectual-property law

• In intellectual-property law: The World Trade Organization and intellectual-property law Negotiated as part of the Uruguay Round (1986–94) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the TRIPS Agreement obligates members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish and enforce minimum levels of copyright, patent, and trademark protection within their jurisdictions. Countries that fail to do so are… Read More

international trade

In General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade The Uruguay Round negotiated the most ambitious set of trade-liberalization agreements in GATT’s history. The worldwide trade treaty adopted at the round’s end slashed tariffs on industrial goods by an average of 40 percent, reduced agricultural subsidies, and included groundbreaking new agreements on trade in services.… Read More