International Trade Organization
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Sources of Information
- Aux sources de l'OMC, 1999:p. 219 (Organization internationale du commerce)
- LC manual auth. cd., July 25, 2000(hdg.: International Trade Organization (Proposed); ITO)
- Ency. of public internat. law, 1995:v. 2, p. 680, etc. (International Trade Organization (ITO); ch. VII of the Havana Charter provided for the estab. of the ITO; an interim commission was organized to oversee the estab. of the organization; when it became clear that the charter would not be ratified by the U.S., the work of the commission was terminated and the ITO was never estab.)
Wikipedia description:
The International Trade Organization (ITO) was the proposed name for an international institution for the regulation of trade. Led by the United States in collaboration with allies, the effort to form the organization from 1945 to 1948, with the successful passing of the Havana Charter, eventually failed due to lack of approval by the US Congress. Until the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1995, international trade was managed through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
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