Agreement on Safeguards
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The Agreement on Safeguards is a World Trade Organization treaty that sets rules for countries to temporarily restrict imports to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by sudden import surges.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Trade Organization agreement
ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ multilateral trade agreement ⓘ |
| administeredBy | World Trade Organization ⓘ |
| adopted | 1994-04-15 ⓘ |
| allows | temporary suspension of GATT 1994 obligations on concessions or other obligations ⓘ |
| appliesTo | all WTO Members ⓘ |
| basedOn |
GATT Article XIX
ⓘ
surface form:
Article XIX of GATT 1994
|
| bindingOn | all WTO Members ⓘ |
| category |
WTO agreements
ⓘ
surface form:
WTO goods agreement
|
| concludedAt | Marrakesh ⓘ |
| covers | emergency action on imports of particular products ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Code
ⓘ
surface form:
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994 ⓘ
surface form:
Anti-Dumping Agreement
|
| enteredIntoForce | 1995-01-01 ⓘ |
| establishes | Committee on Safeguards ⓘ |
| fullName |
WTO Agreement on Safeguards
ⓘ
surface form:
Agreement on Safeguards
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor | WTO safeguard measures ⓘ |
| limits | duration of safeguard measures ⓘ |
| notAppliesTo |
intellectual property rights
ⓘ
trade in services ⓘ |
| objective | to balance the right to take emergency action with the need to maintain stable trade relations ⓘ |
| partOf | Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ |
| prohibits |
discriminatory safeguard measures among WTO Members
ⓘ
orderly marketing arrangements ⓘ similar export-restraining arrangements not consistent with WTO rules ⓘ voluntary export restraints ⓘ |
| providesFor | progressive liberalization of safeguard measures over time ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure safeguard measures are applied in a transparent and rules-based manner
ⓘ
to set rules for temporary import restrictions to protect domestic industries from serious injury ⓘ |
| regulates | application of safeguard measures on imports ⓘ |
| requires |
causal link between increased imports and serious injury
ⓘ
compensation or possibility of retaliation when safeguards affect other Members ⓘ consultations with affected exporting Members ⓘ determination of serious injury or threat thereof to domestic industry ⓘ evidence of increased imports ⓘ notification of proposed safeguard measures to the WTO Committee on Safeguards ⓘ prior investigation by competent authorities ⓘ public notice and hearings in safeguard investigations ⓘ safeguard measures to be applied on a most-favoured-nation basis ⓘ |
| scope | measures applied to imports of goods ⓘ |
| setsOut |
procedural requirements for safeguard investigations
ⓘ
substantive conditions for application of safeguards ⓘ |
| shortName | WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | trade remedies ⓘ |
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