Safeguards

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    Practice Note: An introduction to the Agreement on Safeguards introduces the basic concepts of safeguard measures as contained in the WTO’s Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX of the The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947. It covers the main aspects relevant to safeguard measures, such as what constitutes a safeguard measure, when a Member State has the right to apply safeguard measures, the content, form and duration of the safeguard measures, the domestic investigation procedure and maintenance of the same level of concessions and obligations toward affected Member States

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