(11)
strengthen the råle of GATT, improve the multilateral trading
system based on the principles and rules of the BATT and bring
about a wider coverage of world trade under agreed, effective and
enforceable multilateral disciplines;
increase the responsiveness of the BATT systea to the avolving
international economic environment, inter alia, through
facilitating necessary structural adjustment, enhancing the
relationship of the BATT with the relevant international
organizations; and taking account of changes in trade patterns
and prospects, including the growing importance of trade in high
technology products, serious difficulties in commodity markets,
and the importance of an improved trading environment providing,
inter alia, for the ability of indebted countries to seat their
financial obligations
(iv) foster concurrent cooperative action at the national and
international loveis to strengthen the inter-relationship between
trade policies and other economic policies affecting growth and
development, and to contribute towards continued, effective and
determined efforts to improve the functioning of the
international monetary system and the flow of financial and real
investment resources to developing countries.
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