The first years: From Marrakesh to Singapore, 1995–1996

The Uruguay Round negotiations ended on 15 December 1993 with an exhausting rush to meet a deadline set, for the most part, by the expiry of the US President’s negotiating authority. But the official end of negotiations was followed by months of hard work in Geneva and in the capitals of Members to get ready for the final signatures at Marrakesh in April 1994, and the entry into force of the WTO Agreements on 1 January 1995.