The Multilateral Trading System:

50 years of achievement

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The third round, Torquay, UK, 1950

A year later, the negotiations moved to England. This third round focused again on tariff reductions. The number of participants rose to 38.

Here, the mayor of Torquay welcomes the delegates. On his left is the conference chairman, L Dana Wilgress (Canada); on his right, Harold Wilson, president of the Board of Trade, and future UK prime minister.

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