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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Agreement on Safeguards canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T667301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Agreement on Safeguards Context triple: [Uruguay Round (1986–1994), producedAgreement, Agreement on Safeguards]
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A.
New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
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B.
BRUSA Agreement
The BRUSA Agreement was a World War II-era intelligence-sharing pact between the United States and the United Kingdom that laid the foundation for modern Anglo-American signals intelligence cooperation.
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C.
Tri-Party Agreement
The Tri-Party Agreement is a legally binding cleanup and compliance pact among the U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Washington that sets milestones and responsibilities for remediating the Hanford nuclear site.
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D.
Hague Agreement
The Hague Agreement is an international treaty that allows creators to register industrial designs in multiple countries through a single, centralized application system.
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E.
Operation Agreement
Operation Agreement was a World War II British commando raid in September 1942 targeting Axis positions around Tobruk in North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Agreement on Safeguards Target entity description: 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.
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A.
New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
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B.
BRUSA Agreement
The BRUSA Agreement was a World War II-era intelligence-sharing pact between the United States and the United Kingdom that laid the foundation for modern Anglo-American signals intelligence cooperation.
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C.
Tri-Party Agreement
The Tri-Party Agreement is a legally binding cleanup and compliance pact among the U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Washington that sets milestones and responsibilities for remediating the Hanford nuclear site.
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D.
Hague Agreement
The Hague Agreement is an international treaty that allows creators to register industrial designs in multiple countries through a single, centralized application system.
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E.
Operation Agreement
Operation Agreement was a World War II British commando raid in September 1942 targeting Axis positions around Tobruk in North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Trade Organization agreement
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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
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surface form:
Article XIX of GATT 1994
|
| bindingOn | all WTO Members ⓘ |
| category |
WTO agreements
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surface form:
WTO goods agreement
|
| concludedAt | Marrakesh ⓘ |
| covers | emergency action on imports of particular products ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Code
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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
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surface form:
Agreement on Safeguards
|
| language |
English
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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
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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
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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
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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
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substantive conditions for application of safeguards ⓘ |
| shortName | WTO Agreement on Safeguards ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | trade remedies ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Agreement on Safeguards Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Article 11 Prohibition and Elimination of Certain Measures
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enteredIntoForceWith
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Agreement on Safeguards
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Brazil – Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres
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agreementInvoked
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Agreement on Safeguards
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