Book contents
- WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX of GATT
- WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX of GATT
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Treaties, Documents and Other Sources
- Preface
- 1 Article 1, General Provision
- 2 Article 2, Conditions
- 3 Article 3, Investigation
- 4 Article 4, Determination of Serious Injury or Threat of Serious Injury
- 5 Article 5, Application of Safeguard Measures
- 6 Article 6, Provisional Measures
- 7 Article 7, Duration and Review of Safeguard Measures
- 8 Article 8, Level of Concessions and Other Obligations
- 9 Article 9, Developing Country Members
- 10 Article 10, Pre-Existing Article XIX Measures
- 11 Article 11, Prohibition and Elimination of Certain Measures
- 12 Article 12, Notification and Consultation
- 13 Article 13, Surveillance
- 14 Article 14, Dispute Settlement
- 15 Article XIX of the GATT 1994
- 16 Negotiating History of Article XIX and the WTO Agreement on Safeguards
- Book part
- References
- Index
2 - Article 2, Conditions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
Book contents
- WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX of GATT
- WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX of GATT
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Treaties, Documents and Other Sources
- Preface
- 1 Article 1, General Provision
- 2 Article 2, Conditions
- 3 Article 3, Investigation
- 4 Article 4, Determination of Serious Injury or Threat of Serious Injury
- 5 Article 5, Application of Safeguard Measures
- 6 Article 6, Provisional Measures
- 7 Article 7, Duration and Review of Safeguard Measures
- 8 Article 8, Level of Concessions and Other Obligations
- 9 Article 9, Developing Country Members
- 10 Article 10, Pre-Existing Article XIX Measures
- 11 Article 11, Prohibition and Elimination of Certain Measures
- 12 Article 12, Notification and Consultation
- 13 Article 13, Surveillance
- 14 Article 14, Dispute Settlement
- 15 Article XIX of the GATT 1994
- 16 Negotiating History of Article XIX and the WTO Agreement on Safeguards
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 explains the conditions on imports for the imposition of safeguard measures, including the requirement of unforeseen developments, the effect of GATT obligations, the product scope, the increase in imports in absolute and relative terms, and the notion of importation in special conditions. Chapter 2 also explains the application of safeguards on a general basis, the question of potential exclusions and the notion of parallelism.
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- WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX of GATTA Detailed Commentary, pp. 18 - 74Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022