On 18 February 1957, the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the French Foreign Ministry outlines the position adopted by the United States and Canada concerning the compatibility of the future European Economic Community (EEC) with the rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

On 6 April 1957, L’Écho de l’Industrie, the official publication of the Federation of Luxembourg Industrialists (Fedil), analyses the implications of the review made by the contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC).

On 11 April 1957, with a view to the imminent opening of negotiations in Geneva on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the US State Department draws up a report which sets out the position of the United States vis-à-vis the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC).

On 29 May 1957, the Governments of Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands send a memorandum to GATT, in which they specify the purposes and prerogatives of the future European Economic Community (EEC).

On 30 September 1957, the French Foreign Ministry’s Directorate of Economic and Financial Affairs assesses the compliance of the European Economic Community (EEC) with the rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

On 9 November 1957, the German economic newspaper Der Volkswirt comments on the different interpretations of Article 24 of the GATT and analyses the implications for relations between the Common Market and the GATT.

On 25 November 1957, during the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations in Geneva, the Ghanaian Delegation expresses its concern about the implications of the association of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) with the European Economic Community (EEC) for Ghanaian cocoa exports to the Six.

On 25 November 1957, during the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations in Geneva, the British Delegation draws up a note in which it outlines its concerns regarding the future of trade between the countries of the Commonwealth and the Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC).