Meanings
GATT1
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (superseded by the World Trade Organisation (WTO)).
According to a WTO panel, China’s additional duties were “inconsistent” with provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994. ¶ The panel also recommended that “China bring its WTO inconsistent measure into conformity with its obligations” under GATT.
2023 August 16, Amber Wang, “WTO finds China acted ‘inconsistently’ by imposing additional duties on certain US imports”, in South China Morning Post
Gatt2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Italiangatto“cat”
- MalteseGatt
- Middle High Germangate“companion”
- GermanGatt
- EnglishGatt
Various origins: * A variant of Galt, a Scottish surname. * Borrowed from South German Gatt, a short form of a personal name containing Middle High German gate (“companion”); compare modern German Gatte (“husband”). * Borrowed from Maltese Gatt, which could derive from Italian gatto (“cat”) or be a short form of the personal name Agatha.
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