The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) completed its most ambitious round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN), the Uruguay Round, in December 1993. The Uruguay Round resulted in a stronger dispute settlement system, multilateral trade rules for services and intellectual property, more multilateral discipline for agriculture and textiles, and the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Cohn, T.H. (2007). The World Trade Organization and Global Governance. In: Lee, S., Mcbride, S. (eds) Neo-Liberalism, State Power and Global Governance. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6220-9_13
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