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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Uruguay Round was the eighth and most ambitious round of multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT, running from 1986 to 1994 and creating the WTO.
- What was the principal outcome of the Uruguay Round?
- How did the Uruguay Round differ from earlier GATT rounds?
- What was the Dunkel Draft and why was it controversial in India?

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1. 15 April 1994

   Launched by ministerial declaration at Punta del Este, Uruguay, in September 1986, it concluded with the signing of the Final Act at Marrakesh, Morocco, on .

2. 1 January 1995

   Its central achievement was the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, which entered into force on and transformed the provisional G…

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