Kennedy Round was the sixth session of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) multilateral trade negotiations held between 1964 and 1967 in Geneva , Switzerland . Congressional passage of the U.S. Trade Expansion Act in 1962 authorized the White House to conduct mutual tariff negotiations , ultimately leading to the Kennedy Round . Participation greatly increased over previous rounds . Sixty-six nations , representing 80 % of world trade , attended the official opening on May 4 , 1964 , at the Palais des Nations . Despite several disagreements over details , the director general announced the round ’s success on May 15 , 1967 , and the final agreement was signed on June 30 , 1967 — the very last day permitted under the Trade Expansion Act . The round was named after U.S. President John F. Kennedy , who was assassinated six months before the opening negotiations
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