Specificity

Specificity in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, specificity is: a concept embodied in Article 2 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. The entries on trade policy are here. It is a test to determine whether a subsidy is available only to an enterprise or industry, or group of enterprises or industries. The entries on trade policy are here. A subsidy is considered specific when the granting authority, or the legislation on which it operates, explicitly limits access to it to certain enterprises. The entries on trade policy are here. A subsidy may also be considered specific when there is use of a subsidy program by a limited number of entrprises, predominant use by certain enterprises, the granting of disproportionately large amounts of subsidy to certain enterprises, and the manner in which discretion has been exercized by the granting authority in the decision to grant a subsidy. Depending on the type of subsidies and the impact they have, they may be prohibited subsidies, actionable subsidies or non-actionable subsidies. Subsidies dependent on export performance are also considered specific. They are always prohibited. See also but for test.[1]

Specificityin the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Specificity” entry (OAS)

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