Countervailing duties
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Countervailing duties are a means to restrict international trade in cases where imports are subsidized by a foreign country and hurt domestic producers. According to WTO rules, a country can launch its own investigation and decide to charge extra duties. Since countries can rule domestically whether domestic industries are in danger and whether foreign countries subsidize the products, the institutional process surrounding the investigation and determinations has significant impacts beyond the countervailing duties.
See also
External links
- WTO on Anti-dumping, subsidies, safeguards: contingencies, etc (http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/agrm8_e.htm#subsidies)