Implementing Safeguard Policy of the WTO which based on Agreement on Safeguard: Case Study on Import of Footwear Argentina – European Communities (EC)
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- Since the establishment in the 1947, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has given assistance for the developing countries and least-developed countries that joined GATT as the CONTRACTING PARTIES. There are several basic principles of GATT that through some addition will be used by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as its successor in 1995. Through the WTO Agreements, Article XIX of WTO about Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products has been following by the Agreement on Safeguard. The Agreement on Safeguard has been used by the WTO Members in resolving their disputes related to safeguard measures in accordance with Article XIX of WTO. In 1997, Argentina imposed safeguard measure over the European Communities (EC) imported product, Footwear. The Argentina Authorities claimed that there were increased quantities in imported products from the EC that caused “serious injury” to their domestic producing. The case was investigated under the light of Article XIX of WTO and Agreement on Safeguard by Panel and Appellate Body of WTO. Besides, in the WTO, there are two safeguard mechanism; special safeguard mechanism. The specific transnational safeguard mechanism applied in the Imports on Footwear Argentina - EC