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Documentation
- GATT Digital Library: 1947-1994 (Stanford University)Access to over 59,000 documents and publications of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
- WTO Documents Online (World Trade Organization)This database provides access to the official documentation of the World Trade Organization, including the legal texts of the WTO agreements. There are currently over 140,000 documents in the database in the three official languages of the WTO.
- GATT Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (GATT BISD)
- WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (WTO BISD)LAW LIBRARY level 3: K4609.5 .W67
Additionally, check the library catalogue, using the name of the Multilateral Round in a keyword search, i.e., Geneva, Tokyo, Doha, Dillon, Uruguay.
Since Canada is a contracting party to the GATT and the WTO, you can use the Global Affairs Canada - Treaty Law Division website as an index to GATT/WTO instruments relating to Canada’s participation.
While WTO documents can be found through WTO Documents Online, some additional sources include:
- Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round
- The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations: The Legal Texts
- Text of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- The Results of the Uruguay Round CD-ROM
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade – Multilateral Trade Negotiations (The Uruguay Round): Final Act Embodying the results of the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiationsonline via HeinOnline: 33 International Legal Materials 1 (1994)
Quick Reference
Some of the most frequently-cited agreements are listed below, with appropriate citations:
- Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (Marrakesh Agreement)KOERNER LIBRARY stacks: KB227 .W86 1999
Citation: 1867 U.N.T.S. 154
The agreement establishing the World Trade Organization calls for a single institutional framework encompassing the GATT, all agreements and arrangements concluded under its auspices, and the complete results of the Uruguay Round. (EISIL) - Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing MeasuresCitation: 1867 U.N.T.S. 14
The WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures disciplines the use of subsidies, and regulates the actions countries can take to counter the effects of subsidies. (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs)Citation: 1868 U.N.T.S. 186
The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (“TRIMs Agreement”), one of the Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods, prohibits trade-related investment measures, such as local content requirements, that are inconsistent with basic provisions of GATT 1994. (WTO) - Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (Final Act)LAW LIBRARY level 3 & Other Locations: K4603 1987 .A3 1993
Citation: 1867 U.N.T.S. 14; 33 I.L.M. 1143 (1994)
The “Final Act” signed in Marrakesh in 1994 is like a cover note; everything else is attached to this document. (WTO) - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1994) (GATT 1994)Citation: 1867 U.N.T.S. 187; 33 I.L.M. 1153 (1994)
GATT 1994 is part of Annex 1A: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods of the WTO Agreement. GATT 1994 must be read in conjunction with GATT 1947. (EISIL) - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947) (GATT 1947)Citation: 55 U.N.T.S. 194; 61 Stat. pt. 5; TIAS 1700 This version of the GATT, amended through 1986, contains the complete text of the General Agreement together with all amendments which have become effective since its entry into force. GATT 1947 is now incorporated in GATT 1994. (EISIL)
- General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)Citation: 1869 U.N.T.S. 183; 33 I.L.M. 1167 (1994)
The GATS is Annex 1B of the WTO Agreement. GATS, comprised of 29 articles, provides a framework for applying most-favored-nation treatment to measures of Members affecting trade in services. (WTO) - WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)Citation: 1867 U.N.T.S. 493
The SPS Agreement addresses the interest of Member governments in assuring that their citizens are being supplied with safe food. At the same time, it aims to protect against the use of safety regulations as restrictions on international trade. (EISIL)
The texts of other agreements can be found through the WTO legal texts site. Additionally, the following resources may prove useful: