Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM)
WTO’s Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) is a protection measure allowed for developing countries to take contingency restrictions against agricultural imports …
Read MoreDe-minimis support
The deminimis represents a limit upto which a WTO member country can give trade distorting domestic subsidies to its agriculture …
Read MoreSpecial and Differential Treatment Box
Special and Differential Treatment Box are domestic subsidies that can be given by developing countries (and low-income countries as well) …
Read MoreAggregate Measures of Support or Amber Box
The AMS or amber box refers to the trade distorting type of domestic subsidies under the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture. …
Read MoreBlue Box (WTO)
Blue Box refers to a category of domestic support or subsidies under the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture. Blue box supports …
Read MoreGreen Box (WTO)
Green Box refers to allowable domestic support (subsidies) that can be given by a country to its famers under the …
Read MoreDomestic Support
Domestic support is one of the three clauses of the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture. Domestic supports are actually domestic subsidies …
Read MoreNon-trade concerns
Non-trade concerns are the issues related with agricultural trade under the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture regime, but are not related …
Read MoreAgreement on Agriculture (AoA)
Agreement on Agriculture is the WTO’s trade rule for agriculture commodities. It was signed at the Uruguay Round and is …
Read MoreExport Subsidy
Export subsidy is a subsidy given by a government/government to exporters of a specific commodity with an aim to boost …
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