Report on GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Topic: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Group 3 Members: Date: 03/06/2013 CONTENT SL. NO TITLE PAGE NO 1. Executive summary 3-5 2. Introduction 5-7 3. What is GATT? 7 4. Objectives of GATT 7 5. Provision of GATT 8-18 6. GATT “Rounds” of Global Trade Negotiations 18-28 7. GATT and Developing Countries 28-29 8. Criticisms of GATT 29-30 9. Conclusion 31
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The key to successful international marketing is adaptation to the environmental differences from one market to another. Adaptation is a conscious effort on the part of the international marketer to anticipate the influences of both the foreign and domestic uncontrollable factors on a marketing mix and then to adjust the marketing mix to minimize the effects. Two primary obstacles to success in international marketing are Self-Reference Criterion (SRC) and Ethnocentrism. They are explained in detail
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lines. Companies are pushing for integration of the world economy in hope for increased profits and governments are beginning to listen. Since 1986 (GATT) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade have taken the incitive to move towards the liberalization of international trade. GATT members agreed to reduce tariff and non-tariff trade barriers. From 1986 to the present due to GATT’s lead many markets have been open to the United States increasing exports and increasing efficiency through competition
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predictions. | | GITTE RAVI | 11/4/2012 | | Introduction:- Multilateralism is represented by the efforts on worldwide liberalization of international relations‚ which started in the field of trade in goods when General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was signed‚ and developed into broader fields of trade in services‚ investment‚ agricultural products‚ public procurement‚ and intellectual property rights with its more sophisticated successor – World Trade Organization (WTO). However
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The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization‚ (Cambridge University Press‚ Cambridge‚2005) pp.41-42. 5. Constantine Michalopoulos‚ Developing Countries in the WTO‚ 7-16 (2001). 8. De Gorter‚ H.‚ and E. Kliauga. 2006. “Reducing Tariffs versus Expanding Tariff Rate Quotas.” In K. Anderson and W. Martin‚ eds.‚ Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda. New York: Palgrave Macmillan with the World Bank. 9. Hossain M. & Dev U. Kumar‚ 2003‚ Trade Liberalisation and the Crop Sector
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What role does the WTO play in international business? In this increasingly globalized scenario‚ companies need to be globally competitive in order to survive. Knowledge and understanding of different countries’ economies and their market is a must for establishing oneself as a global player. Now the business has gone beyond the boundaries of a nation and has turned into the international business. It’s quite necessary to understand the meaning of international trade and the international organization
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Introduction of WTO: WTO or World Trade Organization is establish in 1st Jan 1995 before that it was called as GATT or General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1948.WTO came out of negotiations‚ and what WTO does is the result of negotiation. WTO is an organization for liberalizing trade WTO also a place to settle trade disputes and also operates a system of trade rules. WTO today has 153 members from all around the world. It represents more than 95% of trade in the world. The World Trade Organization
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improving the quality and functionality of their products. Global Institutions - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)‚ World Trade Organization‚ International Monetary Fund‚ World Bank‚ United Nations‚ and G20 • Help manage‚ regulate‚ and police the global marketplace & promote treaties. Drivers of Globalization • Declining barriers to the free flow of goods‚ services and capital • Average tariffs are now at just 4% • More favorable environment for FDI • Global stock of FDI was $15.5 trillion
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issues: the tariff over the free movement of trading goods; the pesticide residue under non-tariff barrier. Respectively as the representative outcome of economic globalization and regional integration‚ WTO and EU are different in some principles despite of their interaction and similarity. Thereupon‚ subject to WTO and EU laws‚ the legitimacy of trading is critical to the development and policy-making of import and export trade between within member countries. 2. Case Studies on Tariff over the
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the case with the WTO who ruled in favor of US‚ claiming that the Chinese government is implementing illegal dumping practices. The World Trade Organization decided to allow US to take action against the Chinese government. They decided to impose tariffs for solar panels imported from China. The Asian Republic didn´t like the WTO´s decision and decided to appeal the case arguing that US´s government approved a green energy programs development. China considered these approach as violation of a commercial
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