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The surplus of the amount received back from an investment, over the initial amount invested. To facilitate comparisons, return is usually expressed as a percentage of the initial amount invested, most commonly as an effective annual rate of return.
''International trade - free trade - tariffs.''


When expressed on this basis, return is also known as 'yield'.
(GATT).


Returns can be negative. Negative returns mean that the amounts received back from an investment are less than the amounts initially invested.
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is a 1947 trade treaty designed to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade tariffs and quotas.


It was incorporated into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995.


== See also ==
*[[Effective annual rate]]
*[[Holding period return]]
*[[Performance spread]]
*[[Portfolio investment]]
*[[Rate of return]]
*[[Rewarded risk]]
*[[Risk]]
*[[Total return]]
*[[Yield]]


[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
==See also==
*[[European Free Trade Association]]
*[[Free trade]]
*[[International trade]]
*[[Quota]]
*[[Tariff]]
*[[Trade Facilitation Agreement]]
*[[Trade finance]]
*[[Trade war]]
*[[World Trade Organization]]  (WTO)
*[[WTO rules]]
 
 
==External link==
*[https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/thewto_e.htm The World Trade Organization (WTO) - about us]
 
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
 
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Latest revision as of 19:06, 11 October 2023

International trade - free trade - tariffs.

(GATT).

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is a 1947 trade treaty designed to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade tariffs and quotas.

It was incorporated into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995.


See also


External link

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