WTO Agreement on Safeguards

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Uruguay Round agreement World Trade Organization agreement multilateral trade agreement

The WTO Agreement on Safeguards is a multilateral trade agreement that sets detailed rules and procedures for WTO members to temporarily restrict imports to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by sudden import surges.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Agreement on Safeguards	4
Article 5 Application of Safeguard Measures	1
Article XIX of GATT 1994	1
WTO Agreement on Safeguards disciplines	1
WTO safeguard measures	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Uruguay Round agreement ⓘ World Trade Organization agreement ⓘ multilateral trade agreement ⓘ
administeredBy	World Trade Organization ⓘ
adoptedAt	Marrakesh Agreement ⓘ surface form: Marrakesh Ministerial Conference
adoptionDate	1994-04-15 ⓘ
appliesTo	WTO members ⓘ non-discriminatory safeguard measures ⓘ
basedOn	GATT Article XIX ⓘ surface form: GATT 1994 Article XIX
clarifies	disciplines on emergency safeguard actions under GATT Article XIX ⓘ
contains	Article 11 Prohibition and Elimination of Certain Measures ⓘ Article 2 Conditions ⓘ Article 3 Investigation ⓘ Article 4 Determination of Serious Injury or Threat Thereof ⓘ WTO Agreement on Safeguards self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Article 5 Application of Safeguard Measures Article 7 Duration and Review of Safeguard Measures ⓘ Article 8 Level of Concessions and Other Obligations ⓘ Article 9 Developing Country Members ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1995-01-01 ⓘ
establishes	Committee on Safeguards ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor	application of safeguard measures ⓘ
partOf	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
prohibits	orderly marketing arrangements ⓘ similar grey-area export-restraint arrangements ⓘ voluntary export restraints ⓘ
providesFor	special and differential treatment for developing country members ⓘ
purpose	to allow temporary import restrictions to protect domestic industries from serious injury ⓘ to regulate the application of safeguard measures ⓘ
regulates	compensation and retaliation related to safeguard measures ⓘ conditions for application of safeguard measures ⓘ duration and review of safeguard measures ⓘ investigation procedures for safeguards ⓘ notification and consultation requirements for safeguards ⓘ progressive liberalization of safeguard measures ⓘ prohibition of so-called grey-area measures ⓘ safeguard measures ⓘ temporary import restrictions ⓘ
requires	causal link between increased imports and serious injury ⓘ consultations with affected exporting members ⓘ demonstration of increased imports ⓘ determination of serious injury or threat thereof ⓘ notification to the WTO Committee on Safeguards ⓘ prior investigation before applying safeguard measures ⓘ public notice and hearings in safeguard investigations ⓘ safeguard measures to be applied on an MFN basis ⓘ
scope	applies to all products except as otherwise provided in WTO agreements ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products) → alsoKnownAs → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article XIX of GATT 1994

WTO Agreement on Safeguards → contains → WTO Agreement on Safeguards self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 5 Application of Safeguard Measures

Agreement on Safeguards → fullName → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agreement on Safeguards

Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products) → historicalPrecursorOf → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Agreement on Safeguards disciplines

GATT Article XIX → interpretedBy → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

GATT Article XIX → legalBasisFor → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO safeguard measures

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing → linkedInstrument → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agreement on Safeguards

GATT Article XIX → linkedInstrument → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

Council for Trade in Goods → oversees → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agreement on Safeguards

Article XIX (Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products) → relatedInstrument → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures → relatedTo → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agreement on Safeguards

Agreement on Safeguards → shortName → WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ