... trade disputes and enforcing such rules and regulations it had set out in its attempt to move the World closer to free trade. The successfulness of these organisations has been widely disputed over recent years and in this essay I will be looking at their effectiveness in promoting "Free Trade". Many people would argue that there is no doubt that the GATT/WTO has been relatively successful to an extent in creating global free trade. The figures over their existence have shown a massive movement towards the globalisation of markets and thus free trade. Between the introduction of "The GATT" at the Geneva round in 1947 and the completion of Tokyo round of talks in 1979 the average tariff on imports declined 92% in America1. The overall figure for average tariffs on imports in industrial countries actually fell from 40% in 1947 to just about 4% at the end of the 1990's2. ...

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