Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products)
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Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products) is a safeguard provision in international trade law that allows countries to temporarily restrict imports to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by sudden import surges.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GATT provision
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safeguard measure provision → |
| aimsTo | balance trade liberalization with domestic adjustment needs → |
| allows |
quantitative restrictions on imports
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temporary increase in tariffs → temporary suspension of GATT obligations → |
| alsoKnownAs |
WTO Agreement on Safeguards
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surface form: "Article XIX of GATT 1994"
GATT Article XIX → |
| appliesTo | imports of particular products → |
| basisFor | multilateral safeguard investigations → |
| beneficiary | domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products → |
| condition |
requires serious injury or threat of serious injury to domestic producers
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requires that increased imports result from unforeseen developments → requires that serious injury is caused by increased imports → |
| excludes |
anti-dumping measures
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countervailing measures → |
| historicalPrecursorOf |
WTO Agreement on Safeguards
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surface form: "WTO Agreement on Safeguards disciplines"
|
| implementedBy | national safeguard legislation of WTO members → |
| legalDomain |
World Trade Organization law
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international trade law → |
| linkedTo |
multilateral trading system
→
principle of fair trade → |
| objective | to facilitate orderly adjustment of domestic industry → |
| partOf |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
→
surface form: "General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994"
World Trade Organization →
surface form: "World Trade Organization legal framework"
|
| prohibits | use of safeguards as a disguised restriction on international trade → |
| purpose |
to address serious injury caused by increased imports
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to allow temporary import restrictions to protect domestic industries → |
| regulates |
emergency action on imports
→
safeguard measures → |
| relatedInstrument | WTO Agreement on Safeguards → |
| requires |
application on an MFN basis
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causal link between increased imports and serious injury → consideration of public interest and economic impact → consultations with affected WTO members → evidence-based determination of serious injury → non-discriminatory application of safeguard measures → notification to affected WTO members → prior investigation of import trends and injury → progressive liberalization of safeguard measures over time → |
| scope | applies to goods trade → |
| subjectTo |
Dispute Settlement Body
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surface form: "WTO dispute settlement"
|
| temporalNature | temporary → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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hasPart
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Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products)
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