GATT Bibliography, 1947-1953
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FIRST EDITION GATT BIBLIOGRAPHY- 1947 - 1953 The text of the GATT Selected GATT publications A chronological list of references to the GATT GATT Secretariat Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland March 1954 MGT/7/54 GATT BIBLIOGRAPHY This bibliography is a list of books, pamphlets, articles in periodicals, newspaper reports and editorials, and miscellaneous items including texts of lectures, which refer to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. It covers a period of approximately seven years. For six of these years - from the beginning of 1948 - the GATT has been in operation. The purpose of the list is a practical one: to provide sources of reference for historians, researchers and students. The list, it must be emphasized, is limited to the formation and operation of the GATT; for masons *f length, the history of the Havana Charter and its preparation and references to the proposed International Trade Organization,'which has not been brought into being, have been somewhat rigidly excluded, while emphasis has been put on references that show the operational aspects of the GATT. The bibliography is divided into the following sections: 1. • the text' of the GATT and governmental publications; 2. selected GATT publications; (the full list of GATT publications is .obtainable from the secretariat on request) 3. a chronological listing of references to the GATT. This has been subdivided into the following periods, the references being listed alphabetically in each period: 1947 including the Geneva tariff negotiations (April- August), and the completion of the GATT 1948 including the first two sessions of the GATT (March at Havana, and August-September at Geneva) 1949 ,.... including tho *jinecy tariff negotiations and the third session (April-August) 1950 to July 1951* including the fourth session (February-April, 1950), the Torquay negotiations (September 1950-April 1951) and the fifth session (November-December 1950) August-December 1951 including the sixth session (September-October) 1952 including the seventh session (October-November) 1953 including the eighth session (September-October) * This extended period brings together all the items concerning the Torquay tariff conference. 2 - Students of international commercial policies will undoubtedly be familiar with the series of reports that have been made in recent years in the United States on various aspects of United States foreign trade and domestic economy, notably the Report on Foreign Economic Policies (Gray Report) November 1950, the Report of the Materials Policy Commission (Paley Report) July 1952, the Report of the Public -Advisory Board on a Trade and Tariff Policy (Bell Report) March 1953, and the Report of the Commission on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall Report) January 1954, and such non- official studies as that concerning the United States Tariff and Trade Agreements Act made in 1953 by the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. These reports and studies comment on the operation of the GAIT as part of or incidental to the matters under study. But since they are not primarily concerned with the GATT, they are omitted from the bibliography. - 3 - THE TEXT^F THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) . AND GOVERNMENTAL PUBLICATIONS Since its original publication in 1947 the text of the GATT has been amended. The up to date text of the GATT, containing all amendments, is published »y the GATT secretariat in Basic Instruments and Selected Documents of the Contracting Parties, Volume I, This Volume, entitled, Text of the Agreement and other Instruments and Procedures, contains the texts of the General Agreement, the Annecy and Torquay Protocols, the Protocol of Provisional Application, and the Final Acts -of Geneva and Torquay. (Available in English or French from the secretariat or through United Nations sales agents, price $1,50 , or the equivalent. Sales No, GATT/1952-3y . The amended text is also obtainable in English from H,M. Stationery Office: Provisional Coneolidated Text of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. elgEfcr • ur • Related DocumentS-~Cmd^804-8-t "September 1950, Price ls,6d, The French text as amended is obtainable from the Imprimerie nationale, Paris: Accord general sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce , Imprimerie nationale, 1950, No. J,H» 007051. - . The amended text in German is given -in Allgemeines Zoll- und Handelsabkommen (Stand Mai 1^52) mit den kodifizierten Listen aller bisherigen Zo.11Lgiii£estandnisse> iDeutsches " Handels-Archiv (Bonn) 2 October '1952. See als<v-Imhoff , L.P, GATT. Kommentar . C.H. Beck (Munchen) July 1952 (qoV*,). - The amended text in Spanish was published in Gaceta Ofioial,- Cuidad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, 29 Abril, 1950. See also Lacarte, Julio A, Los nuevos principios de cooperacion en el comercio mundial* Montevideo, 1949 (q.v4). 1 ' ,- * Governmental Publications Australia: General agreement on tariffs and trade. Statement by R»T« Pollard in House of Representatives, Canberra, Australia, 18 November 1947; Canberra, 1947, p. 68. Pamphlet No, 58. New Zealand: United Nations Conference on trade and employment. Geneva. 1947. General agreement on tariffs and trade . , , Wellington, E.V. Paul. Government printer, 1948. p.74\ Pamphlet No , 42 . South Africa: Memorandum on the general agreement on tariffs and trade concluded at Geneva on 30 October 1947. South Africa, 1948. p. 37, Pamphlet No. 37, United Kingdom; Report on the Geneva tariff negotiations, with text of the general agreement on tariffs and trade, and supple- mentary agreements with the United States and Canada. London, 1947. p*46. Cmd, 7258, United Nations conference on trade and employment, Havana, 1947-1948. General agreement on tariffs and trade, first session of the contracting parties (held at Havana, Cuba, 28 February to 24 March 1948), documents relating to the first session. London, 1948. p.31. Cmd. 7376. Report on the Torquay tariff negotiations, with text of tt Torquay protocol .... London, 1951, p.17. Cmd. 8228. Note; further references to United Kingdom official statements will be found under Board of trade j'ournal in the subsequent sections of this bibliography. united States: Analysis of general agreement on tariffs and trade, signec at Geneva4 30 October 1947, Washington, 1947. p,207. United States Department of State, Publication 2983. Commercial policy series 109. Analysis of protocol of accession and schedules to the general agreement on tariffs and trade, negotiated at Annecy, France, April - August 1949. Washington, 1949. p,239» IMited States Department of State. Publication 3651. Commercial policy series 120. .Analysis of Torquay protocol of accession, schedules, and related documents to the general agreement on tariffs and trade, negotiated at Torquay. England, September 1950 - April 1951. p.474. United States Department of State. Publication 4209. Commercial policy series 135. Note; further references to United States official statements will be found under publications and press releases of the United States Department of State, and also under jforeign commerce Weekly in the subsequent sections of this bibliography* - 5 - SELECTED GATT PUBLICATIONS The following is a short selection of GATT publications, designed for the general reader. The complete list of publications is obtainable on request from the secretariat* All are available in English or French, except where stated otherwise, and are obtainable through United Nations sales agents or from the secretariat• The Attack on Trade Barriers; A progress report on the operation of the GATT from January 1948 to August 1949. 32 pages. September 1949. Price: $0,15. (GATT/1949-2), Spanish and German editions obtainable from the secretariat only. The English edition_is_out of print, Liberating World Trade; Second report on the operation of the GATT, 29 pages* June 1950. Price: $0*25. (GATT/1950-2). Spanish and German editions obtainable from the secretariat only. GATT in Action; Third report on the operation of the GATT. 32 pages. February 1952. In addition there is a 12-page outline of the provisions of the GATT, explaining the salient points of each Article. Price: $0,50 (GATT/1952-2)« Spanish edition available through the Consejo Interamericano de Comercio y Produccion, Montevideo, Uruguay; or from the secretariat. German edition obtainable from the secretariat. International Trade, 1952; An extensive report which presents the work of the Contracting Parties against a comprehensive account of the main developments in international trade since the War, with extensive statistical material. Part One of the Report analyses the structure and pattern of world trade in recent years. Part Two reviews the main developments in governmental action - tariffs, quota restrictions, subsidies and so forth, affecting the movement of world trade. Part Three describes the work of the Contracting Parties since the beginning of 1952 and indicates some of the problems that lie ahead in 1953-1954. 124 pages* June 1953. Price $1.50, (GATT/1953-2). A New Proposal for the Reduction of Customs Tariffs; A popular explanation of the French plan for tariff reduction, which was completed at the Eighth Session and submitted to governments. 16 pages. January 1954% Price: $0,15. (GATT/1954-1). German edition ;in preparation. Basic Instruments and Selected Documents: Two volumes containing a compilation of documentary material were published by the secretariat in May 1952, Volume I, Text of the Agreement and other Instruments and Procedures, contains the texts of the General Agreement,