• ISBN13: 9788171564484
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Business Management
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: May 25, 1996
• Pages: 448
• Original Price: INR 495.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 440 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

The Volume contains full text of the results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Tariff Negotiations concluded on the 15th December. 1993 and signed by 117 countries at the Ministerial Meeting held at Marrakesh (Marocco) during 12-15 April, 1994. Non-availability of the complete text has led to a lot of confusion and misunderstanding among the public and the political leaders of the country. The publication of this Volume would provide a true picture of the provisions contained in the new GATT Accord. The accompanying Volume contains ten papers written by leading experts in the field of international trade. It examines in detail the various provisions of the new GATT Accord and their implications for India. The paper by Dr. T.P. Bhat briefly examines the impact of the Accord on Asia-Pacific economies.

The Editor. Dr. K.R. Gupta, is a well known authority in the field of international trade. He taught International Economics at the postgraduate level and guided research for more than two decades. He is author of a dozen books and has published more than hundred papers in leading journals in India and abroad. His books include GATT and Underdeveloped Countries (1973). A study of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1967) and International Economics (4th ed. 1975).

• I. Final Act
• II. Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation
• Annex 1A: Agreements on Trade in Goods
• 1. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
• (a) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article III (b)
• (b) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII
• (c) Understanding on Balance-of-Payments Provisions
• (d) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV
• (e) Understanding in respect of Waivers of Obligations
• (f) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXXVIII
• (g) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXXV
• 2. Uruguay Round Protocol GATT 1994
• 3. Agreement on Agriculture
• 4. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
• 5. Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
• 6. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
• 7. Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
• 8. Agreement on Implementation of Article VI
• 9. Agreement on Implementation of Article VII
• 10. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
• 11. Agreement on Rules of Origin
• 12. Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
• 13. Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
• 14. Agreement on Safeguards
• Annex IB: General Agreement on Trade in Services and Annexes
• Annex 1C : Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Including Trade in Counterfeit Goods
• Annex 2: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
• Annex 3: Trade Policy Review Mechanism
• Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements
• Annex 4(a) Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
• Annex 4(b) Agreement on Government Procurement
• Annex 4(c) International Dairy Arrangement
• Annex 4(d) Arrangement Regarding Bovine Meat
• Signatures
• III. Ministerial Decisions and Declarations
• 1. Decision on Measures in Favour of Least-Developd Countries
• 2. Declaration on the Contribution of the WTO to achieving Greater Coherene in Global Economic Policymaking
• 3. Decision on Notification Procedures
• 4. Customs Valuation:
• (a) Decision Regarding Cases where Customs Administration have Reasons to Doubt the Truth or Accuracy of the Declared Value
• (b) Texts’ Relating to Minimum Values and Imports by Sole Agents, Sole Distributors and Sole Concessionaries
• 5. Technical Barriers to Trade:
• (a) Proposed Understanding on WTO-ISO Standards Information System
• (b) Decision on Review of the ISO/IEC Information Centre Publication
• 6. Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries
• 7. General Agreement on Trade in Services
• (a) Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services
• (b) Decision on certain Dispute Settlement Procedures for the General Agreement on Trade in Services
• (c) Decision concerning Paragraph (b) of Article XIV
• (d) Decision Negotiations on Basic Telecommunications
• (e) Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services
• (f) Decision on Financial Services
• (g) Decision concerning Professional Services
• (h) Decision on Movement of Natural Persons
• 8. Decision on Implementation of Article XXIV: 2 of the Agreement on Government Procurement
• 9. Decision on the Application and Review of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
• 10. Decision on Improvements to the GATT Dispute Settlement Rules and Procedures
• 11. Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994
• (a) Decision on Anti-Circumvention
• (b) Decision on Standard of Review for Dispute Settlement Panels

• 12. Decision on Dispute Settlement pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 1994