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TRADE EXPANSION ACT [2 records]

Record 1 2004-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A series of trade negotiations between the United States and Western European states, held between 1964 and 1967 for the purpose of lowering tariffs on American goods sold in Europe.

OBS

These negotiations were held mostly within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and were all preplanned by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy (1961-1963).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Ensemble des négociations commerciales multilatérales qui se sont déroulées dans le cadre de l'Accord général sur les tarifs et le commerce(Agétac) à la suite du vote, en octobre 1961, sur l'initiative du Président Kennedy, du Trade Expansion Act par le Congrès des États-Unis d’Amérique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Acuerdo de comercio internacional que tiende a la reducción periódica de las tarifas aduaneras de aplicación a distintos productos importados o exportados.

Key term(s)
  • Kennedy Round
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Record 2 2002-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Trade
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

This act superseded the Trade Agreements Act of 1934, as amended. Some parts of the Trade Expansion Act were subsequently amended by the Trade Agreements Act of 1979.

Key term(s)
  • Trade Expansion Act of 1962

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Commerce
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Comercio
  • Comercio exterior
Key term(s)
  • Ley de Expansión Comercial de 1962
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