Legal Opinion

Whether Uruguay Round Agreements Required Ratification as a Treaty

Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel

Decided November 22, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

Whether Uruguay Round Agreements Required Ratification as a Treaty The U ruguay R o u n d A greem ents concluded under the auspices of the General A greem ent on Tariffs and T rad e did not require ratification by the Senate as a treaty, but could constitutionally be ex e­ cuted by the P resid en t and approved and im plem ented by A ct of C ongress N ovem ber 22, 1994 M e m o r a n d u m O p in io n f o r t h e U n it e d St a t e s T r a d e R e p r e s e n t a t iv e This m em orandum supplements our earlier opinion on the question whether the Uruguay Round A greem ents concluded under the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Banco Nacional De Cuba v. SabbatinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Reid v. CovertSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. United States v. Verdugo-UrquidezSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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