Article I of GATT 1994

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WTO law provision treaty provision

Article I of GATT 1994 is the provision that establishes the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) principle, requiring WTO members to extend any trade advantage granted to one country immediately and unconditionally to all other members.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
GATT 1994 Article I	2
Article I of GATT 1994 canonical	1
GATT Article I:1	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13490644 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article I of GATT 1994
Context triple: [Article III of GATT 1994, relatedTo, Article I of GATT 1994]

A. Article III of GATT 1994
Article III of GATT 1994 is a core provision of the WTO legal framework that establishes the national treatment obligation, requiring WTO members to treat imported products no less favorably than like domestic products in respect of internal taxation and regulation.
B. Article VI of GATT 1994
Article VI of GATT 1994 is the provision in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that establishes the legal basis for imposing anti-dumping duties on imported products to offset injurious dumping.
C. Article XX of GATT 1994
Article XX of GATT 1994 is the general exceptions clause that allows WTO members to justify trade-restrictive measures that would otherwise violate GATT obligations, provided they meet specified conditions such as necessity and non-discrimination.
D. Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is the GATT provision that establishes the fundamental rules for determining the customs value of imported goods in international trade.
E. Article XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Article XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is a core provision establishing the rules and procedures for addressing nullification or impairment of trade benefits and for resolving disputes between GATT contracting parties.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article I of GATT 1994
Target entity description: Article I of GATT 1994 is the provision that establishes the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) principle, requiring WTO members to extend any trade advantage granted to one country immediately and unconditionally to all other members.

A. Article III of GATT 1994
Article III of GATT 1994 is a core provision of the WTO legal framework that establishes the national treatment obligation, requiring WTO members to treat imported products no less favorably than like domestic products in respect of internal taxation and regulation.
B. Article VI of GATT 1994
Article VI of GATT 1994 is the provision in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that establishes the legal basis for imposing anti-dumping duties on imported products to offset injurious dumping.
C. Article XX of GATT 1994
Article XX of GATT 1994 is the general exceptions clause that allows WTO members to justify trade-restrictive measures that would otherwise violate GATT obligations, provided they meet specified conditions such as necessity and non-discrimination.
D. Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is the GATT provision that establishes the fundamental rules for determining the customs value of imported goods in international trade.
E. Article XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Article XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is a core provision establishing the rules and procedures for addressing nullification or impairment of trade benefits and for resolving disputes between GATT contracting parties.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WTO law provision ⓘ treaty provision ⓘ
abbreviation	MFN clause ⓘ
appliesTo	World Trade Organization members NERFINISHED ⓘ advantages granted through preferences in charges or fees ⓘ advantages granted through simplified customs procedures ⓘ advantages granted through tariff reductions ⓘ like products originating in or destined for different countries ⓘ
bindingOn	all WTO members ⓘ
centralPrincipleOf	non-discrimination in WTO trade in goods ⓘ
characterizedAs	cornerstone of the multilateral trading system ⓘ
covers	all matters referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article III of GATT 1994 ⓘ charges of any kind imposed on imports or exports ⓘ customs duties ⓘ methods of levying customs duties and charges ⓘ rules and formalities in connection with importation and exportation ⓘ
enshrines	most-favoured-nation clause in WTO goods regime ⓘ
establishesPrinciple	Most-Favoured-Nation treatment NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsPartOf	Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpretedBy	WTO Appellate Body NERFINISHED ⓘ WTO panels NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasisFor	MFN obligation in trade in goods under WTO law ⓘ
legalNature	multilateral treaty obligation ⓘ
linkedTo	Article II of GATT 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ Article III of GATT 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ Article XXIV of GATT 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ Enabling Clause in WTO law NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	to prevent trade discrimination among WTO members ⓘ
originatesFrom	Article I of the GATT 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ
prohibits	discrimination between WTO members with respect to customs duties and charges ⓘ discrimination between WTO members with respect to rules and formalities of importation and exportation ⓘ
requires	any advantage granted to a product of one country be accorded immediately to like products of all WTO members ⓘ any advantage granted to a product of one country be accorded unconditionally to like products of all WTO members ⓘ immediate extension of trade advantages to all WTO members ⓘ most-favoured-nation treatment for like imported products ⓘ non-discriminatory treatment among all WTO members with respect to covered measures ⓘ unconditional extension of trade advantages to all WTO members ⓘ
shortName	Article I GATT 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	trade in goods ⓘ
subjectTo	exceptions under GATT 1994 ⓘ general exceptions in Article XX of GATT 1994 ⓘ security exceptions in Article XXI of GATT 1994 ⓘ
usedIn	WTO dispute settlement cases concerning MFN treatment ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article III of GATT 1994 → relatedTo → Article I of GATT 1994 ⓘ

European Communities – Measures Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Seal Products → legalBasisInvoked → Article I of GATT 1994 ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT Article I:1

DS512 → legalBasisInvoked → Article I of GATT 1994 ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1994 Article I

GATT 1994 Article V → relatedTo → Article I of GATT 1994 ⓘ