Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
Declaration on the Relationship of the World Trade Organization with the International Monetary Fund
Ministers,
Noting the close relationship between the CONTRACTING
PARTIES to the GATT 1947 and the International Monetary Fund,
and the provisions of the GATT 1947 governing that relationship,
in particular Article XV of the GATT 1947;
Recognizing the desire of participants to base the relationship
of the World Trade Organization with the International Monetary
Fund, with regard to the areas covered by the Multilateral Trade
Agreements in Annex 1A of the WTO Agreement, on the provisions
that have governed the relationship of the CONTRACTING PARTIES
to the GATT 1947 with the International Monetary Fund;
Hereby reaffirm that, unless otherwise provided for in
the Final Act, the relationship of the WTO with the International
Monetary Fund, with regard to the areas covered by the Multilateral
Trade Agreements in Annex 1A of the WTO Agreement, will be based
on the provisions that have governed the relationship of the CONTRACTING
PARTIES to the GATT 1947 with the International Monetary Fund.
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Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing
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