General agreement on tariffs and trade GATT
WTO is a successor global trade organization to the GATT which came into being on 1 January 1948 as a result of an agreement among 23 proponent Countries to have a multilateral trade regulating organization in place of an International Trading Organization (lTO)WhIh all of them voted for, but not be set up because the American Senate voted against it. The objective of the GAT 1. Was to ensure a “Substantial reduction of tariffs and other barriers and the elimination of preferences, on a ‘reciprocal and mutually advantageous basis”. GATT was governed by the Following principles: (I) Non-discrimination implying that no member of GATT can discriminate against other nations or show favouritism or give any special privilege to any nation; (ii) Tariff Protection implying that GAIT favoured the use of tariffs as an ideal means of protecting domestic industries, rather than using nontariff measures such as import quotas and (iii) Stable basis of trade so as to avoid volatility in global trade...