Gatt

name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (superseded by the World Trade Organisation (WTO)). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "According to a WTO panel, China’s additional duties were “inconsistent” with provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994. ¶ The panel also recommended that “China bring its WTO inconsistent measure into conformity with its obligations” under GATT."

  2. 2
    A surname.

Synonyms

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cptppgeneral agreement on tariffs and tradegeneral agreement on tariffs and tradetpp

Example

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"New GATT resolutions could create a real shake-up."

Etymology

Various origins: * A variant of Galt, a Scottish surname. * Borrowed from South German Gatt, a short form of a personal name containing Middle High German gate (“companion”); compare modern German Gatte (“husband”). * Borrowed from Maltese Gatt, which could derive from Italian gatto (“cat”) or be a short form of the personal name Agatha.

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