第2章国际贸易的动态环境.pptVIP

IM-chj-chapter2 The United States and 22 other countries signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) shortly after World War II. It began as a set of rules for nondiscrimination, transparent procedures, and settlement of disputes in international trade. Overtime, GATT evolved into an institution that sponsored successive rounds of international trade negotiations with a key focus on a reduction of high tariffs. Although not all countries participated, this agreement paved the way for the first effective worldwide tariff agreement and provided a process to reduce tariffs and create