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The 128 countries that had signed GATT by 1994 On 1 January 1995, the WTO replaced GATT, which had been in existence since 1947, as the organization overseeing the multilateral trading system. The governments that had signed GATT were officially known as “GATT contracting parties”. Upon signing the new WTO agreements (which include the updated GATT, known as GATT 1994), they officially became known as “WTO members”. The list below is historical. It contains the 128 GATT signatories as at the end of 1994, together with the dates they signed the agreement. Click here to see the up-to-date list of WTO members. |
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 Angola 8 April 1994 Antigua and Barbuda 30 March 1987 Argentina 11 October 1967 Australia 1 January 1948 Austria 19 October 1951 Bahrain 13 December 1993 Bangladesh 16 December 1972 Barbados 15 February 1967 Belgium 1 January 1948 Belize 7 October 1983 Benin 12 September 1963 Bolivia 8 September 1990 Botswana 28 August 1987 Brazil 30 July 1948 Brunei Darussalam 9 December 1993 Burkina Faso 3 May 1963 Burundi 13 March 1965 Cameroon 3 May 1963 Canada 1 January 1948 Central African Republic 3 May 1963 Chad 12 July 1963 Chile 16 March 1949 Colombia 3 October 1981 Congo, Republic of 3 May 1963 Costa Rica 24 November 1990 Côte d'Ivoire 31 December 1963 Cuba 1 January 1948 Cyprus 15 July 1963 Czech Republic 15 April 1993 Denmark 28 May 1950 Djibouti 16 December 1994 Dominica 20 April 1993 Dominican Republic 19 May 1950 Egypt 9 May 1970 El Salvador 22 May 1991 Fiji 16 November 1993 Finland 25 May 1950 France 1 January 1948 Gabon 3 May 1963 The Gambia 22 February 1965 Germany 1 October 1951 Ghana 17 October 1957 Greece 1 March 1950 Grenada 9 February 1994 Guatemala 10 October 1991 Guinea 8 December 1994 Guinea Bissau 17 March 1994 Guyana 5 July 1966 Haiti 1 January 1950 Honduras 10 April 1994 Hong Kong 23 April 1986 Hungary 9 September 1973 Iceland 21 April 1968 India 8 July 1948 Indonesia 24 February 1950 Ireland 22 December 1967 Israel 5 July 1962 Italy 30 May 1950 Jamaica 31 December 1963 Japan 10 September 1955 Kenya 5 February 1964 Korea, Republic of 14 April 1967 Kuwait 3 May 1963 Lesotho 8 January 1988 Liechtenstein 29 March 1994 Luxembourg 1 January 1948 Macao 11 January 1991 Madagascar 30 September 1963 Malawi 28 August 1964 Malaysia 24 October 1957 Maldives 19 April 1983 Mali 11 January 1993 Malta 17 November 1964 Mauritania 30 September 1963 Mauritius 2 September 1970 Mexico 24 August 1986 Morocco 17 June 1987 Mozambique 27 July 1992 Myanmar, Union of 29 July 1948 Namibia 15 September 1992 Netherlands 1 January 1948 New Zealand 30 July 1948 Nicaragua 28 May 1950 Niger 31 December 1963 Nigeria 18 November 1960 Norway 10 July 1948 Pakistan 30 July 1948 Papua New Guinea 16 December 1994 Paraguay 6 January 1994 Peru 7 October 1951 Philippines 27 December 1979 Poland 18 October 1967 Portugal 6 May 1962 Qatar 7 April 1994 Romania 14 November 1971 Rwanda 1 January 1966 Senegal 27 September 1963 Sierra Leone 19 May 1961 Singapore 20 August 1973 Slovak Republic 15 April 1993 Slovenia 30 October 1994 Solomon Islands 28 December 1994 South Africa 13 June 1948 Spain 29 August 1963 Sri Lanka 29 July 1948 Saint Kitts and Nevis 24 March 1994 Saint Lucia 13 April 1993 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18 May 1993 Suriname 22 March 1978 Swaziland, Kingdom of 8 February 1993 Sweden 30 April 1950 Switzerland 1 August 1966 Tanzania 9 December 1961 Thailand 20 November 1982 Togo 20 March 1964 Trinidad and Tobago 23 October 1962 Tunisia 29 August 1990 Turkey 17 October 1951 Uganda 23 October 1962 United Arab Emirates 8 March 1994 United Kingdom 1 January 1948 United States of America 1 January 1948 Uruguay 6 December 1953 Venezuela 31 August 1990 Yugoslavia 25 August 1966 Zaire 11 September 1971 Zambia 10 February 1982 Zimbabwe 11 July 1948 |
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