HC Deb 21 April 1994 vol 241 cc602-3W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those countries(a) which are signatories to the new GATT agreement and (b) which are not.

Mr. Needham

A total of 125 countries participated in the Uruguay round of multilateral trade negotiations, which culminated on 15 April in the signature of the final act at Marrakech. The names of the 125 countries are listed.

Algeria El Salvador
Angola European Communities
Antigua and Barbuda Fiji
Argentina Finland
Australia France
Austria Gabon
Bahrain Gambia
Bangladesh Germany
Barbados Ghana
Belgium Greece
Belize Grenada
Benin Guatemala
Bolivia Guinea-Bissau
Botswana Guyana
Brazil Haiti
Brunei Honduras
Burkina Faso Hong Kong
Burundi Hungary
Cameroon Iceland
Canada India
Central African Republic Indonesia
Chad Ireland
Chile Israel
China Italy
Colombia Jamaica
Congo Japan
Costa Rica Kenya
Côte d'Ivoire Korea, Republic of
Cuba Kuwait
Cyprus Lesotho
Czech Republic Liechtenstein
Denmark Luxembourg
Dominica Macau
Dominican Republic Madagascar
Egypt Malawi
Malaysia St. Vincent/Grenadines
Maldives Senegal
Mali Sierra Leone
Malta Singapore
Mauritania Slovak Republic
Mauritius South Africa
Mexico Spain
Morocco Sri Lanka
Mozambique Suriname
Myanmar Swaziland
Namibia Sweden
Netherlands Switzerland
New Zealand Tanzania
Nicaragua Thailand
Niger Togo
Nigeria Trinidad/ Tobago
Norway Tunisia
Pakistan Turkey
Paraguay Uganda
Peru United Arab Emirates
Philippines United Kingdom
Poland United States of America
Portugal Uruguay
Qatar Venezuela
Romania Zaire
Rwanda Zambia
St. Kitts and Nevis Zimbabwe
Saint Lucia
Of these 125 countries, a total of 111 signed the final act of the Uruguay round. Countries which did not sign the final act in Marrakech but can do so in the future in Geneva include: Burkina Faso, Chad, Dominica, Gambia, Grenada, Haiti, Lesotho, Maldives, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Togo, Rwanda and Swaziland.