Showing posts with label GATT 1949. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GATT 1949. Show all posts

Monday, January 24, 2011

CISDL-ILA Continuing Legal Education Course in International Law

CISDL-ILA Continuing Legal Education Course in International Law
Welcome to the course page for the following module: Emerging Issues in Trade & Investment Law: Briefing for Canadian Lawyers

This module lasts approximately 5 hours, and allows for 5 CLE credits with the Quebec Bar Association.

In this section, the instructors will present learning modules related to economic growth and prosperity; global, regional and bilateral trade law; international investment agreements; cross-border transactions; and international financial rules and the credit crisis.

Please click on the links below in order to access the course content (video and power point)

Once you have finished the course, please email preynaud@cisdl.org with cc to info@cisdl.org in order to receive your certificate of completion

Saturday, January 1, 2011

GATT formed 1949 was replaced by WTO in 1995

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (typically abbreviated GATT) was negotiated during the UN Conference on Trade and Employment and was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization (ITO). GATT was formed in 1949 and lasted until 1993, when it was replaced by the World Trade Organization in 1995. The original GATT text (GATT 1947) is still in effect under the WTO framework, subject to the modifications of GATT 1994