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Colombia was one of the countries that participated in the establishment of the Bretton Woods institutions after World War II. It subsequently participated actively in the Conference on Trade and Employment, which led to the adoption of the Havana Charter in 1948. Colombia also took part in the second GATT tariff-negotiating round held in Annecy in 1948, with a view to negotiating membership in the GATT. However, the Colombian government decided not to join the organization at that time, so as to be free to protect its developing industrial sector by means of tariffs and other import controls.
Felipe Jaramillo was Colombia’s Ambassador to the GATT between 1974 and 1992. He was Chairman of the GATT Council of Representatives during 1984, and Chairman of the Contracting Parties of the GATT in 1985.
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Another resolution adopted by the Conference resulted in the “Enabling Clause” (The Decision on Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries, BISD, 26th Supp. 203 (1979)), approved at the end of the Tokyo Round. This gave permanent approval to the Generalised System of Preferences, under which developed countries could give preferential tariff treatment to imports from developing countries.
Ministerial Declaration on the Uruguay Round, September 20, 1986.
Similarly, only “substantial suppliers” are entitled to compensation or to retaliate in response to a safeguard action. See Agreement on Safeguards, Articles 8.1 and 12.3.
Similarly, only “substantial suppliers” are entitled to compensation or to retaliate in response to a safeguard action. See Agreement on Safeguards, Articles 8.1 and 12.3.
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Jaramillo, F. (2005). Colombia. In: Macrory, P.F.J., Appleton, A.E., Plummer, M.G. (eds) The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22688-5_68
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