No. 9 A special safeguard mechanism for developing countries

Year of publication2005

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractThe July 2004 WTO Framework Agreement foresees a Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM), to protect against depressed import prices and import surges for agricultural products, that is available to all developing countries. The SSM would in principle be applicable to all products. However, limits on the number of products for which a country can simultaneously apply additional duty under the SSM could be applied to prevent abuse

 

Product typeJournal; magazine; bulletin

SeriesTrade Policy Briefs

KeywordsPolicy briefs, safeguard, mechanisms