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gatt（关贸总协定） General agreement on Tariffs and trade Related books The general agreement on Tariffs and trade (General Agreement on and Trade GATT) is a multilateral international agreement on Tariffs and trade rules concluded among governments, referred to as GATT (Tariffs). Its purpose is through reductions in tariffs and other trade barriers in international trade, eliminating discrimination, promoting international trade liberalization, in order to make full use of world resources, expand the production and circulation of commodities. GATT was signed in Geneva in October 30, 1947 and was provisionally applied in January 1, 1948. It should be noted that, due to come into force conditions fail to meet the requirements of GATT, as a multilateral international agreement GATT never came into effect, but effect has been through the protocol of provisional application form for temporary. Background of GATT In the twentieth Century, the world trade protectionism prevailed in the 30-40s.. The mutual restriction of international trade is an important cause of the depression of the world economy. After the two World War, to solve the complex international economic problems, especially the formulation of international trade policy, became an important task for all countries after the war. In February 1946, the United Nations Economic and Social Council held its first meeting, the meeting called for the United Nations Conference on Trade and employment issues, the drafting of China General agreement on Tariffs and trade The Charter of the International Trade Organization (WTO) to negotiate a worldwide tariff reduction. Subsequently, the Council has set up a preparatory committee. In October 1946, the Preparatory Committee held its first meeting to review the draft charter of the International Trade Organization submitted by the United states. The countries participating in the preparatory committee agreed to negotiate the reduction of tariffs and other trade restrictions befor