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Agreement on Safeguards (WTO SG) Trade


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Analysis of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards. The Sunset clause

  1. Introduction to the WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG Agreement)
  2. Safeguards measures in international trade
  3. Prohibition of grey area measures. The Sunset clause
  4. Safeguard investigation
  5. Analysis of the Agreement on Safeguards (SG Agreement)

Sample - Agreement on Safeguards (SG):
Agreement on Safeguards (SG Agreement) of the WTO


The objectives of the subject “WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG)” are the following:

  1. To understand the pillars of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG)
  2. To know the process of application of a safeguard measure by a government
  3. An in-depth analysis of the Agreement on Safeguards (SG)

African Students (Masters, Courses, Foreign Trade, Business)

The Subject “Agreement on Safeguards (SG)” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Courses: Non-tariff Measures, Foreign Trade Management.

Foreign Trade Management

Diploma: Foreign Trade.

Diploma in International Trade

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade, International Transport.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

Doctorate: World Trade.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB) Online

Learning materials in Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Acuerdo sobre Salvaguardias (SG) Study Doctorate in International Business in French Accord sur les sauvegardes Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Acordo sobre Salvaguardas (SG).

Trade Facilitation - Trade Facilitation Agreement - Kyoto Convention - Convention Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods.

Non-tariff Measures to Trade

Any member of the WTO that needs to protect the domestic industry can temporarily restrict the imports of a product that could cause a considerable harm to the local manufacturers.

When a government applies this type of non-tariff measures, it is applying a safeguard measure.

The WTO regulates this type of measures through the Agreement on Safeguards (SG Agreement).

The Agreement on Safeguards (SG) also prohibits the grey area measures (bilateral agreements between governments) and establishes the Sunset clause.

The Agreement on Safeguards (SG Agreement) is composed of fourteen articles and covers topics such as: application of safeguard measures, investigation, examination, duration of the measure, concession, surveillance or dispute settlement.

A company, or a certain sector, can ask its government for the temporary application of a safeguard measure.

It is important to note that the application of a safeguard measure can never go against the imports of a country .

The application of a safeguard measure implies that the government that implements it must offer something in return.

Contingent trade-protective measures (Anti-dumping Measures, Safeguards)

Non-tariff measures:

  1. Technical Barriers to Trade. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
  2. Pre-shipment Inspection. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
  3. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  4. GATS
  5. Agreement on Sanitary Measures
  6. Non-automatic Import licensing, quotas and prohibitions

Customs and WTO.

Trade Facilitation Programs. TFA Agreement

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