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16 - Negotiating History of Article XIX and the WTO Agreement on Safeguards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2022

Fernando Piérola-Castro
Affiliation:
Senior Counsel, Advisory Centre on WTO Law, Geneva
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Summary

Chapter 16 contains a description of the main aspects of the negotiating history of Article XIX and the Agreement on Safeguards. It provides a summary of the main issues of contention during the negotiation of Article XIX of the GATT 1947, and how the proposals ended up in the final version of the provision in the GATT 1947. Chapter 16 also describes the process of negotiation leading to the establishment of the Agreement on Safeguards and the evolution of the different drafts up to the conclusion of the Uruguay Round. The chapter ends with a conclusion from the author on the manner in which the establishment of the safeguard regulatory system evolved.

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WTO Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX of GATT
A Detailed Commentary
, pp. 375 - 402
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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