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International trade

The buying and selling of goods, services and capital across international borders or territories.

Contributors in International trade

International trade

special safeguard

Economy; International trade

Temporary increase in import duty to deal with import surges or price falls, under provisions that are special to the Agriculture Agreement.

special sessions

Economy; International trade

Meetings of WTO councils and committees focusing only on the Doha Development Agenda negotiations.

specific tariff

Economy; International trade

A tariff rate charged as fixed amount per quantity such as $100 per ton.

sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS)

Economy; International trade

Measures dealing with food safety and animal and plant health -- sanitary: for human and animal health; phytosanitary: for plants and plant products

special safeguard mechanism (SSM)

Economy; International trade

In Doha Round agriculture: a tool that will allow developing countries to raise tariffs temporarily to deal with import surges or price falls.

subsidy

Economy; International trade

There are two general types of subsidies: export and domestic. An export subsidy is a benefit conferred on a firm by the government that is contingent on exports. A domestic subsidy is a benefit not ...

swing

Economy; International trade

In textiles and clothing, when an exporting country transfers part of a quota from one product to another restrained product.

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