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23 countries signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva on 30 October 1947.
16 stayed (6 in Europe, 5 in the Americas, 5 in Asia, Africa and Oceania), 4 have new names or are gone, and 3 walked out by 1951 (China, Lebanon, Syria).
Six European signatories that remained GATT contracting parties under the same name until GATT gave way to the WTO in 1995.
Five signatories from North and South America and the Caribbean that remained contracting parties under the same name until 1995.
Five signatories from South Asia, southern Africa and Oceania that remained contracting parties under the same name until 1995.
Four 1947 names now gone: Burma, Ceylon and Southern Rhodesia continue as Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe; Czechoslovakia dissolved at the end of 1992.
Three signatories gave notice and left GATT within four years: China in May 1950, Lebanon in February 1951, Syria in August 1951.
Can you name them all?
Test yourself23 countries signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva on 30 October 1947.
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, United States, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Burma, Ceylon, Southern Rhodesia, Czechoslovakia, China, Lebanon and Syria.
16 stayed (6 in Europe, 5 in the Americas, 5 in Asia, Africa and Oceania), 4 have new names or are gone, and 3 walked out by 1951 (China, Lebanon, Syria).
Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them WTO, on 7 October 2026. Next review by 7 October 2028.
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