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