General agreement on Tariffs and trade (GATT ) is an intergovernmental concluded about the tariff and trade rules multilateral international agreement, referred to as the general agreement on Tariffs and trade. In 1947 by the United States, Britain, France, including China, 23 countries signed in Geneva, is one of the important international tax agreement. GATT is sc be heduled to signed in Geneva in October 30, 1947, and in January 1, 1948 began provisional application
关税及贸易总协定(GATT) 是一个政府间缔结的有关关税和贸易规则的多边国际协定，简称关贸总协定。是1947年由美国、英国、法国，包括中国在内的23个国家在日内瓦签订的,是一个重要的国际税收协定。关贸总协定于1947有益的英文年淮北市相山区10月30日在日内瓦签订，并于1948年1月1日开始临时适用。
Background: in twentieth Century 30-40, the world trade protectionism. International Trade and the mutual restriction is caud by the world economic depression is one of the important reasons.
释放的英文背景：20世纪30-40年代，世界贸易保护主义盛行。国际贸易的相互限制是造成世界经济萧
条的一个重要原因。二战后，美国为推动国际贸易“自由化”，向联合国经社理事会提出召开世界贸易和就业会议，成立国际贸易组织。
Agreement the purpo is to improve the state of people's living standard, to ensure full employment, real income and effective demand growth, expanding the utilization of resources and the development of commodity production and exchange. The main contents are:
《协定》的宗旨是为了提高缔约国人民的生活水平，保证充分就业、实际收入和有效需求的增长，扩大世界资源的利用猪肝炒韭菜以及发展商品生产与交换。主要内容有：
1, Application of most-favored-nation treatment
1、适用最惠国待遇
苍苍蒹葭2, the tariff reduction: between the parties through negotiation, on the basis of mutual benefit mutual reduction of tariffs, and to reduce the constraint, in order to protect the parties apply stable rate of export commodities
2、关税减让：缔约国之间通过谈判，在互惠基础上互减关税，并对减让结果进行约束，以保障缔约国的出口商品适用稳定的税率。
3, abolish quantitative restrictions on imports亲字成语
3、取消进口数量限制学历史
4, protection and emergency measures: due to accident or becau of a surge in the number of product input, the same products or directly competitive with the producers of causing significant harm or significant threat, the parties can prevent or correct the damage required the extent and time, suspension of obligations, or cancel, modify the concession.
4、保护和紧急措施：对因意外情况或因某一产品输入数量剧增，对该国相同产品或与它直接竞争的生产者造成重大损害或重大威胁时，该缔约国可在防止或纠正这种损害所必需的程度和时间内，暂停所承担的义务，或撤销、修改所作的减让。
China is one of the founding members of the general agreement. In 1949 the establishme
nt of people's Republic of China, Chine authorities in Taiwan occupy ats. 1950 March Taiwan withdrew from the general agreement, but as an obrver to attend the general convention. In 1971 November total agreement cancels Taiwan obrver status. In 1986 July, government of people's Republic of China officially put forward the resumption of GATT contracting party status application.
中国是总协定的创始国之一。1949年中华人民共和国建立后，台湾当局占据中国席位。1950年3月台湾退出总协定,但以观察员身份列席总协定会议。1971年挂件绳子打结方法 11月总协定取消台湾的观察员资格。1986年7月，中华人民共和国政府正式提出恢复关贸总协定缔约国地位的申请。
General agreement on Tariffs and trade effects and limitations:
关贸总协定的作用和局限性：
Effect:1, by signing the agreement of multilateral trade system, and constantly improve the legal norms of international trade, comprehensive coordination and management
2, the general agreement for each member in the mutual trade relations in which the contradictions and disputes with place and rules.
3, as the developing countries for trade concessions
作用：
1、通过签署协议，不断完善多边贸易体制的法律规范，对国际贸易进行全面的协调管理
2、总协定为解决各成员国在相互的贸易关系中所产生的矛盾和纠纷提供了场所和规则。
3、为发展中国家争取贸易优惠条件
Limitations.
1, the general agreement exists in the" grey area". The so-called" gray area" refers to the parties to steer clear of the general agreement on certain provisions, taken in total agreement of legal rules and regulations of the edge or other discriminatory trade policies and measures.
2, general agreement on the terms of the different social economic system with color discrimination.
3, some of the rules of general agreement on the lack of legal restriction, also do not have necessary examination and supervision means.
局限性：
1、总协定中存在着“灰色区域”。所谓“灰色区域”是指缔约国为绕开总协定的某些规定，所采取的在总协定法律规则和规定的边缘或之外的歧视性贸易政策措施。
2、总协定的条款中对不同的社会经济制度带有歧视色彩。
3、总协定的有些规则缺乏法律约束，也无必要的检查和监督手段。
It is due to the general agreement on Tariffs and trade of the above limitations, so that the temporary quasi International Trade Organization ultimately by the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) replaced
正是由于关税与贸易总协定的上述种种局限性，使这个临时性准国际贸易组织最终被世界贸易组织（WTO）所取代。
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments.
