Domestic Support. The domestic support for agricultural goods of each Signatory Party shall be consistent with the provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture, which forms part of the WTO Agreement and to the disciplines established within the framework of future multilateral negotiations in that field.
Domestic Support. 1. The Parties recognize that domestic support measures can be of crucial importance to their agricultural sectors but may also have trade distorting effects and effects on production. If a Party supports its agricultural producers, the Party shall consider domestic support measures that have no, or at most minimal, trade distorting effects or effects on production.
2. Ifa Party raises concerns that another Party's domestic support measure has had a negative impact on trade between the Parties, the Parties shall share relevant information regarding the domestic support measure with each other and discuss the matter with a view to seeking to minimize any negative trade impact.
Domestic Support. 1. The Parties recognize that domestic support measures may be important to their agricultural sectors, but they may also distort trade and affect production. In this sense, the Parties shall apply domestic support in accordance with the Agreement on Agriculture of the WTO, or its successors, and when a Party decides to support its agriculture producers it shall ensure, in accordance with the relevant legal instruments, that the benefits arising from those programs do not distort domestic trade of the other Party, nor diminish the opportunity of the goods of the other Party to access the market of the Party.
2. In order to ensure transparency, the Parties agree that the Committee on Trade in Goods established pursuant to Article 3.15 shall carry out ongoing and permanent analysis of the status of all domestic support measures, seeking to evaluate the accomplishment of the provisions under paragraph 1. Also, the Parties shall exchange information in a timely manner or, at the request of a Party may engage in consultations over this issue at any time.
Domestic Support. 1. The Parties recognize that domestic support measures may be of crucial importance to their agricultural sectors, but may also affect distort trade and production. they recognise that may arise commitments on reduction of domestic agricultural support for multilateral negotiations within the framework of the WTO. thus if a Party decides to support its agricultural producers, shall endeavour to move towards domestic support policy that:
a) Have minimal or no trade distorting effects on trade or production; or
b) Are exempt from any domestic support reduction commitments that may be negotiated under the WTO.
2. The Parties also recognise that either party may modify its domestic support measures, including those that may be subject to reduction commitments, in accordance with its rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement.
Domestic Support. The Parties recognize that domestic support measures can be of crucial importance to their agricultural sectors but may also have trade distorting and production effects and that domestic support reduction commitments may result from agricultural multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Accordingly, where a Party supports its agricultural producers, that Party should endeavor to work toward domestic support measures that:
Domestic Support. 1. China shall respect its WTO obligations to publish in an official journal its laws, regulations, and other measures pertaining to its domestic support programs and policies.
2. For greater certainty, nothing in this Agreement limits the rights of the United States under the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding against China with respect to China’s domestic support measures.
Domestic Support. CALCULATION OF EQUIVALENT MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT
Domestic Support. 1. The Parties recognize that domestic support measures may be of vital importance to their agricultural sectors, but that they may also distort trade and affect production. In this regard, the Parties shall apply domestic support as provided for in the multilateral agricultural negotiations under the GATT and, where a Party decides to support its agricultural producers, it shall endeavor to move towards domestic support policies that:
(a) have minimal or no trade or production distorting effects; or
(b) are exempt from any domestic support reduction commitments that may be negotiated under the GATT.
2. The Parties also recognize that either Party may modify at its discretion its domestic support measures, including those that may be subject to reduction commitments, in accordance with its rights and obligations under the GATT.
Domestic Support. The July Framework foresees: • Substantial reductions in distorting supports. Those countries with higher levels are to make deeper cuts from “bound” rates. • Amber Box (“final bound total AMS”) supports will also be cut using a tiered formula, so that higher supports have steeper cuts.
Domestic Support. The WTO tries to strike a balance between liberalising and reducing governmental support. The Agreement has categorised the domestic support in two categories wherein one category lists down those that distort trade and other which does not. The support that does not distort trade or that which minimally does has been included in the “Green Box”. Those listed in this box are allowed without any limit. It covers the government service programmes and direct payments. It includes special treatment for developing countries as a part of their development programmes. The “Blue Box” includes the measures that reduce the impact partially by limiting production. Such support that distorts trade is included in the “Amber Box”. This support stays within the limit. However, all countries are allowed a minimum amount of support known as “de minimis” even if it distorts trade. However, the support stays within a percentage of the value production.3
