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  • Single Undertaking

    Single undertaking in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, single undertaking is: a guiding principle in the framework of multilateral trade negotiations. The Doha Ministerial Declaration states that . . . the conduct, conclusion and entry into force of the outcome of the negotiations […]

  • Balance Of Advantages

    Balance of advantages in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, balance of advantages is: a principle sometimes used in multilateral trade negotiations which holds that advantages derived from the exchange of concessions in trade negotiations should be broadly balanced among participants. The […]

  • Doha Development Agenda

    Doha Development Agenda in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the sum of the issues arising from the Doha Ministerial Conference which launched a new round of multilateral trade negotiations on 13 November 2001. Development objectives are prominent […]

  • Renegotiation Of Tariffs

    Renegotiation of tariffs in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, renegotiation of tariffs is: most tariff negotiations are now conducted as part of multilateral trade negotiations or as sectoral negotiations like those resulting in the Information Technology Agreement, but the GATT sets out […]

  • Renegotiation Of Tariffs

    Renegotiation of tariffs in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, renegotiation of tariffs is: most tariff negotiations are now conducted as part of multilateral trade negotiations or as sectoral negotiations like those resulting in the Information Technology Agreement, but the GATT sets out […]

  • Special-structure Countries

    Special-structure countries in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, special-structure countries is: a name for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa in the Kennedy Round of multilateral trade negotiations. The four claimed, and were accorded, a different status in the linear tariff […]

  • Development Round

    Development Round in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, development round is: a name for the multilateral trade negotiations launched at Doha, Qatar, on 14 November 2001. The work program for this round reflects the concerns of developing countries more than any previous round. See also […]

  • Development Round

    Development Round in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, development round is: a name for the multilateral trade negotiations launched at Doha, Qatar, on 14 November 2001. The work program for this round reflects the concerns of developing countries more than any previous round. See also […]

  • Millennium Round

    Millennium Round in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, millennium round is: a name suggested in 1997 by Sir Leon Brittan, then Vice-President of the European Commission, for the new round of multilateral trade negotiations that he and others expected would get under way in about 2000 or […]

  • Millennium Round

    Millennium Round in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, millennium round is: a name suggested in 1997 by Sir Leon Brittan, then Vice-President of the European Commission, for the new round of multilateral trade negotiations that he and others expected would get under way in about 2000 or […]

  • Foot Dragger

    Foot dragger in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, foot dragger is: a party to multilateral trade negotiations which uses the consensus rule to prevent a decision or to water down the force of a provision to suit its own purposes. See also convoy problem.[1] Foot draggerin the wold […]

  • Tariff Conference

    Tariff Conference in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the formal name for the first four rounds of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT. These were the Geneva 1947, Annecy, Torquay and Geneva 1955-56 tariff conferences.[1] Tariff […]

  • Tariff Conference

    Tariff Conference in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the formal name for the first four rounds of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT. These were the Geneva 1947, Annecy, Torquay and Geneva 1955-56 tariff conferences.[1] Tariff […]

  • Annecy Tariff Conference

    Annecy Tariff Conference in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the second of the nine rounds of multilateral trade negotiations. The entries on trade policy are here. It was held at Annecy, France, from April to August 1949. The entries on trade […]

  • Anti-dumping Measures

    Anti-dumping measures in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, anti-dumping measures is: Article VI of the GATT 1994 permits the imposition of anti-dumping duties against dumped goods, if dumping causes material injury to producers of competing products in the importing country. This is known […]