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{{short description|April 1994 international free trade agreement signed in Marrakech, Morocco}} {{other uses|Marrakesh Treaty (disambiguation)}} {{expand Japanese|topic=|otherarticle=|date=July 2018}} {{primary sources|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox treaty | name = Marrakesh Agreement | long_name = | image = Marrakesh Agreement April 1994 (9305978663).jpg | image_width = | image_alt = | caption = The agreement is signed | type = Multilateral treaty | context = | date_drafted = | date_signed = {{start date|df=yes|1994|4|15}} | location_signed = [[Marrakesh]], [[Morocco]] | date_sealed = | date_effective = | condition_effective = | date_expiration = | date_expiry = | mediators = | negotiators = | original_signatories = | signatories = | parties = | ratifiers = | depositor = | depositories = | citations = | language = | languages = | wikisource = | wikisource1 = | footnotes = }} The '''Marrakesh Agreement''', manifested by the '''Marrakesh Declaration''', was an agreement signed in [[Marrakesh]], [[Morocco]], by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, marking the culmination of the 8-year-long [[Uruguay Round]] and establishing the [[World Trade Organization]], which officially came into being on 1 January 1995.<ref>[http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/marrakesh_decl_e.htm Marrakesh Declaration of 15 April 1994] at World Trade Organization</ref> The agreement developed out of the [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]] (GATT), supplemented by a number of other agreements on issues including [[General Agreement on Trade in Services|trade in services]], [[Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures|sanitary and phytosanitary measures]], [[Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights|trade-related aspects of intellectual property]] and [[Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade|technical barriers to trade]]. It also established a new, more efficient and legally binding means of [[Dispute Settlement Body|dispute resolution]]. The various agreements which make up the Marrakesh Agreement combine as an indivisible whole; no entity can be party to any one agreement without being party to them all. == See also == * The UN [[Global Compact for Migration]] treaty, developed in Marrakesh and New York conferences in 2018 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130531011144/http://www.wtopunjab.gov.pk/legal_framework.html An unofficial chart of the Marrakech Agreement] (at WTO Cell, Government of the Punjab) {{World Trade Organization}} {{Authority control}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} [[Category:World Trade Organization agreements|*]] [[Category:General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]] [[Category:20th century in Marrakesh|Agreement]] [[Category:1994 in international relations]] [[Category:Treaties concluded in 1994]] [[Category:Treaties entered into force in 1995]] [[Category:1994 in Morocco]] [[Category:Treaties of Antigua and Barbuda]] [[Category:Treaties of Argentina]] [[Category:Treaties of Australia]] [[Category:Treaties of Austria]] [[Category:Treaties of Bahrain]] [[Category:Treaties of Bangladesh]] [[Category:Treaties of Barbados]] [[Category:Treaties of Belgium]] [[Category:Treaties of Belize]] [[Category:Treaties of Brazil]] [[Category:Treaties of Brunei]] [[Category:Treaties of Canada]] [[Category:Treaties of Chile]] [[Category:Treaties of Costa Rica]] [[Category:Treaties of Ivory Coast]] [[Category:Treaties of the Czech Republic]] [[Category:Treaties of Denmark]] [[Category:Treaties of Dominica]] [[Category:Treaties entered into by the European Union]] [[Category:Treaties of Finland]] [[Category:Treaties of France]] [[Category:Treaties of Gabon]] [[Category:Treaties of Germany]] [[Category:Treaties of Ghana]] [[Category:Treaties of Greece]] [[Category:Treaties of Guyana]] [[Category:Treaties of Honduras]] [[Category:Treaties of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Treaties of Hungary]] [[Category:Treaties of Iceland]] [[Category:Treaties of India]] [[Category:Treaties of Indonesia]] [[Category:Treaties of Ireland]] [[Category:Treaties of Italy]] [[Category:Treaties of Japan]] [[Category:Treaties of Kenya]] [[Category:Treaties of South Korea]] [[Category:Treaties of Kuwait]] [[Category:Treaties of Luxembourg]] [[Category:Treaties of Macau]] [[Category:Treaties of Malaysia]] [[Category:Treaties of Malta]] [[Category:Treaties of Mauritius]] [[Category:Treaties of Mexico]] [[Category:Treaties of Morocco]] [[Category:Treaties of Myanmar]] [[Category:Treaties of Namibia]] [[Category:Treaties of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Treaties of New Zealand]] [[Category:Treaties of Nigeria]] [[Category:Treaties of Norway]] [[Category:Treaties of Pakistan]] [[Category:Treaties of Paraguay]] [[Category:Treaties of Peru]] [[Category:Treaties of the Philippines]] [[Category:Treaties of Poland]] [[Category:Treaties of Portugal]] [[Category:Treaties of Romania]] [[Category:Treaties of Saint Lucia]] [[Category:Treaties of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] [[Category:Treaties of Senegal]] [[Category:Treaties of Singapore]] [[Category:Treaties of Slovakia]] [[Category:Treaties of Spain]] [[Category:Treaties of Sri Lanka]] [[Category:Treaties of Suriname]] [[Category:Treaties of Eswatini]] [[Category:Treaties of Sweden]] [[Category:Treaties of Switzerland]] [[Category:Treaties of Tanzania]] [[Category:Treaties of Thailand]] [[Category:Treaties of Trinidad and Tobago]] [[Category:Treaties of Uganda]] [[Category:Treaties of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Treaties of the United States]] [[Category:Treaties of Uruguay]] [[Category:Treaties of Venezuela]] [[Category:Treaties of Zambia]] [[Category:Treaties establishing intergovernmental organizations]] [[Category:Treaties extended to Aruba]] [[Category:Treaties extended to the Netherlands Antilles]] [[Category:Treaties extended to the Isle of Man]] [[Category:April 1994 in Africa]] [[Category:Events in Marrakesh]] [[Category:1990s in economic history]]
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