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  2. Timeline of the World Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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    1986-1994 - GATT negotiations culminate in the Marrakech Agreement that establishes the World Trade Organization (WTO). January 1, 1995 - The WTO comes into existence. May 1, 1995 - Renato Ruggiero becomes director-general for a 4-year term. December 9, 1996 – December 13, 1996 - The inaugural ministerial conference takes place in Singapore.

  3. History of the World Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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    The GATT was the only multilateral instrument governing international trade from 1946 until the WTO was established on 1 January 1995. [9] Despite attempts in the mid-1950s and 1960s to create some form of institutional mechanism for international trade, the GATT continued to operate for almost half a century as a semi-institutionalized multilateral treaty regime on a provisional basis. [10]

  4. World Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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    The economists Harry Dexter White (left) and John Maynard Keynes (right) at the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire [27]. The WTO precursor, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), was established by a multilateral treaty of 23 countries in 1947 after the end of World War II, in the wake of other new multilateral institutions dedicated to international economic cooperation—such ...

  5. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - Wikipedia

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    One of the most significant changes was the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The 76 existing GATT members and the European Communities became the founding members of the WTO on 1 January 1995. The other 51 GATT members rejoined the WTO in the following two years (the last being Congo in 1997). Since the founding of the WTO, 33 ...

  6. Member states of the World Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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    The longest were that of Russia, lasting 19 years and 2 months, [5] Vanuatu, lasting 17 years and 1 month, [6] Comoros, lasting 16 years and 10 months, and China, lasting 15 years and 5 months. [ 7 ] As of 2007, WTO members represented 96.4% of global trade and 96.7% of global GDP. [ 8 ]

  7. International Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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    The International Trade Organization (ITO) was the proposed name for an international institution for the regulation of trade.. Led by the United States in collaboration with allies, the effort to form the organization from 1945 to 1948, with the successful passing of the Havana Charter, eventually failed due to lack of approval by the US Congress.

  8. List of timelines - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution (1785–1791) Timeline of political parties in the United Kingdom (1832–present) Timeline of the governorship of Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (29 May 2015–present) Timeline of the presidency of Gerald Ford (1974–1977) Timeline of the presidency of John F. Kennedy (1960–1963)

  9. Timeline of the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    July – August: In Russia the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks form from the breakup of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. August 4: Pius X becomes Pope. November 18: Independence of Panama, the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama. December 17: First controlled heavier-than-air flight of the Wright brothers.