Agriculture is not an extremely large user of AD provisions, but over the last decade has accounted for 5-6 percent of all cases filed. This is a small number, but it should be compared to the size of the agricultural sector in the overall economy and overall world trade. Using the developed...

A special safeguard mechanism is an attractive policy tool for low-income importing countries because it is automatic and does not require an injury test. Exporters might accept a safeguard for low-income countries if it results in larger tariff cuts than in its absence. The effects of a special...