Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Volume 1
- Introduction
- Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO Agreement)
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
- Agreement on Agriculture
- Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)
- Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
- Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
- Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
- Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement)
- Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Customs Valuation Agreement)
- Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
- Agreement on Rules of Origin
- Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
- Volume 2
- Index by Subject
- Index by Case
Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
from Volume 1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Volume 1
- Introduction
- Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO Agreement)
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
- Agreement on Agriculture
- Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)
- Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
- Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
- Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
- Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement)
- Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Customs Valuation Agreement)
- Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
- Agreement on Rules of Origin
- Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
- Volume 2
- Index by Subject
- Index by Case
Summary
PREAMBLE
TEXT OF THE PREAMBLE
Members,
Considering that Ministers agreed in the Punta del Este Declaration that “Following an examination of the operation of GATT Articles related to the trade-restrictive and distorting effects of investment measures, negotiations should elaborate, as appropriate, further provisions that may be necessary to avoid such adverse effects on trade”;
Desiring to promote the expansion and progressive liberalization of world trade and to facilitate investment across international frontiers so as to increase the economic growth of all trading partners, particularly developing country Members, while ensuring free competition;
Taking into account the particular trade, development and financial needs of developing country Members, particularly those of the least-developed country Members;
Recognizing that certain investment measures can cause trade-restrictive and distorting effects;
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- WTO Analytical IndexGuide to WTO Law and Practice, pp. 683 - 696Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012
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