Drafts of the GATT

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Drafts and Original Version of the GATT

Document	Document Number
Proposals for Expansion of World Trade and Employment (U.S. State Department) November 1945	None
A Proposal for an International Commercial Union (James Meade)	None
Suggested Charter for an International Trade Organization of the United Nations (U.S. State Department Proposal) September 1946	None
London Draft November 1946	E/PC/T/33
Tentative and Non-Committal Draft Suggested by the Delegation of the United States February 7, 1947	E/PC/T/C.6/W.53
Draft of February 15, 1947	E/PC/T/C.6/85
New York Draft March 5, 1947	E/PC/T/34
Draft of July 24, 1947	E/PC/T/135
Geneva Draft August 30, 1947	E/PC/T/189
Draft of September 10, 1947	E/PC/T/186
Draft of September 13, 1947	E/PC/T/196
Draft of October 4, 1947 (Draft Final Act)	E/PC/T/214, Add.1, Rev.1
Final Act, GATT and Protocol of Provisional Application October 30, 1947	None
Havana Charter FINAL ACT OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT: HAVANA CHARTER FOR AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATION March 24, 1948	None