The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which came into being in 1948, held many negotiations to promote global trade liberalization. Taiwan was once a GATT member, but dropped out after withdrawing from the United Nations in 1971.
為了早日促成全球貿易自由化的實現，肇始於一九四八年的 GATT（關稅暨貿易總協定），陸續展開多次談判，台灣也曾是會員國，但隨著退出聯合國，台灣從 GATT 中隱沒。