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During the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) years, eight rounds of tariff negotiations were held between 1947 and 1994: Geneva (1947), Annecy (1949), Torquay (1950-51), Geneva (1956), Geneva (1960-61) - also known as the Dillon Round, the Kennedy Round (1964-67), the Tokyo Round (1973-79) and the Uruguay Round (1986-94).
In the first rounds, negotiations were conducted on a product-by-product basis (known as the "request/offer" approach), whereby GATT contracting parties exchanged lists of requests and offers on products of interest to them in order to reach agreement on tariff concessions. The bilateral records of these first four rounds are presented below, derestricted by the members concerned. All related documents of a particular bilateral negotiation (request, offer, agreements) have been compiled into a single PDF document. Documents can be browsed by round of negotiations or contracting parties.
> Andean Group
> Argentina
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> Austria
> Benelux
> Brazil
> Bulgaria
> Burma (Myanmar)
> Cambodia
> Canada
> Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
> Central American Common Market
> Chile
> China
> Colombia
> C魌e d'Ivoire
> Cuba
> Czechoslovakia
> Denmark
> Dominican Republic
> ECSC (High Authority)
> EEC (European Economic Community)
> Egypt
> El Salvador
> Finland
> France
> Germany
> Ghana
> Greece
> Haiti
> Hong Kong
> Hungary
> Iceland
> India
> Ireland
> Israel
> Italy
> Jamaica
> Japan
> Lebanon/Syria
> Malawi
> Malaya (Malaysia)
> New Zealand
> Nicaragua
> Nigeria
> Nordic Countries
> Norway
> Pakistan
> Peru
> Philippines
> Poland
> Portugal
> Rhodesia
> Romania
> Sierra Leone
> Singapore
> Sri Lanka
> South Africa
> Spain
> Sudan
> Sweden
> Switzerland
> Trinidad & Tobago
> Tonga
> Tunisia
> Turkey
> Union of South Africa
> United Kingdom
> United States
> Uruguay
> Yugoslavia
> Zaire
> Documents Related to the Trade Negotiations
> Participation of Less-Developed Countries
Burma (Myanmar) |
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| Consolidated List of Tariff Concession Offers of Burma at Geneva 1947* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Chile at Geneva 1947* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and China under the Geneva Round 1947* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Czechoslovakia at Geneva 1947* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Cuba at Geneva 1947* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and France at Geneva 1947* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Lebanon/Syria at Geneva 1947* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Norway at Geneva 1947* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Union of South Africa at Geneva 1947* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Denmark at Annecy 1949* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Greece at Annecy 1949* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Italy at Annecy 1949* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Sweden at Annecy 1949* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Canada at Torquay 1950-1951* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Czechoslovakia at Torquay 1950-1951* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Denmark at Torquay 1950-1951* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and France at Torquay 1950-1951* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Norway at Torquay 1950-1951* | |
| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Burma and Sweden at Torquay 1950-1951* | |
Central American Common Market |
| Contribution of the Central American Common Market to the Trade Negotiations under the Tokyo Round 1973-79 |
Iceland |
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| Contribution of Iceland to the Trade Negotiations under the Kennedy Round 1964-67 | |
| Contribution of Iceland to the Trade Negotiations under the Tokyo Round 1973-79 | |
Indonesia |
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| Contribution of Indonesia to the Trade Negotiations under the Kennedy Round 1964-67 | |
| Contribution of Indonesia to the Trade Negotiations under the Tokyo Round 1973-79 | |
Jamaica |
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| Contribution of Jamaica to the Trade Negotiations under the Kennedy Round 1964-67 | |
| Contribution of Jamaica to the Trade Negotiations under the Tokyo Round 1973-79 | |
Malaya (Malaysia) |
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| Outcome of the Bilateral Negotiation between Malaya and Sweden under the Dillon Round 1960-61 | |
| Contribution of Malaysia to the Trade Negotiations under the Tokyo Round 1973-79 | |
Poland |
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| Contribution of Poland to the Trade Negotiations under the Kennedy Round 1964-67 | |
| Contribution of Poland to the Trade Negotiations under the Tokyo Round 1973-79 | |
South Africa |
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| Contribution of South Africa to the Trade Negotiation under the Kennedy Round 1964-67 | |
| Contribution of South Africa to the Trade Negotiations under the Tokyo Round 1973-79 | |
Union of South Africa |
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| Consolidated List of Tariff Concession Offers of Union of South Africa at Geneva 1947 | |
United Arab Republic |
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| Contribution of the United Arab Republic to the Trade Negotiations under Kennedy Round 1964-67 | |
Yugoslavia |
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| Contribution of Yugoslavia to the Trade Negotiations under the Kennedy Round 1964-67 | |
| Contribution of Yugoslavia to the Trade Negotiations under the Tokyo Round 1973-79 | |
In line with WTO's efforts to enhance transparency, Members have agreed to derestrict an important number of documents relating to earlier GATT Rounds of negotiations. 1
The derestricted material includes more than 5,000 records kept by the Secretariat, including bilateral requests, offers, and agreements negotiated using the "request and offer" approach".
The bilateral material has been scanned in a joint project with Stanford University Libraries to ensure its preservation.
1. For more background information on the subject please see minutes of the meetings of the Committee on Market Access (G/MA/M/52, G/MA/M/53, and G/MA/M/55) and the General Council Decision of 25 July 2013, "Derestriction of some GATT 1947 historical bilateral negotiating documentation" (WT/L/892).
* outstanding derestriction