The Customs Union and the GATT
The Customs Union and the GATT
The Customs Union and the GATT
Internal memorandum from the French Foreign Ministry on the attitude of the United States and Canada to the Common Market (Paris, 18 February 1957)
TexteOn 18 February 1957, the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the French Foreign Ministry outlines the position adopted by the United States and Canada concerning the compatibility of the future European Economic Community (EEC) with the rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
‘GATT, Common Market and free trade area’ from L’Écho de l’Industrie (6 April 1957)
TexteOn 6 April 1957, L’Écho de l’Industrie, the official publication of the Federation of Luxembourg Industrialists (Fedil), analyses the implications of the review made by the contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC).
Report by the US State Department on the EEC Treaty (Washington, 11 April 1957)
TexteOn 11 April 1957, with a view to the imminent opening of negotiations in Geneva on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the US State Department draws up a report which sets out the position of the United States vis-à-vis the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC).
Memorandum sent to GATT by the Six (29 May 1957)
TexteOn 29 May 1957, the Governments of Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands send a memorandum to GATT, in which they specify the purposes and prerogatives of the future European Economic Community (EEC).
Note from the Directorate of Economic and Financial Affairs (Paris, 30 September 1957)
TexteOn 30 September 1957, the French Foreign Ministry’s Directorate of Economic and Financial Affairs assesses the compliance of the European Economic Community (EEC) with the rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
‘The Common Market and the GATT’ from Der Volkswirt (9 November 1957)
Texte On 9 November 1957, the German economic newspaper Der Volkswirt comments on the different interpretations of Article 24 of the GATT and analyses the implications for relations between the Common Market and the GATT.
Note by the Ghana Delegation about the consequences of the Rome Treaties on international trade (Geneva, 25 November 1957)
TexteOn 25 November 1957, during the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations in Geneva, the Ghanaian Delegation expresses its concern about the implications of the association of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) with the European Economic Community (EEC) for Ghanaian cocoa exports to the Six.
Note by the United Kingdom Delegation on the trade of the third countries with the EEC (Geneva, 25 November 1957)
TexteOn 25 November 1957, during the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations in Geneva, the British Delegation draws up a note in which it outlines its concerns regarding the future of trade between the countries of the Commonwealth and the Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC).