Trade negotiators generally refer to Article 13 of the
World Trade Organization's
Agreement on Agriculture as the Peace Clause. Article 13 holds that domestic support measures and export
subsidies of a WTO member that are legal under the provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture cannot be challenged by other WTO members on grounds of being illegal under the provisions of another WTO agreement.
The Peace Clause expired on January 1, 2004. It is now possible, therefore, for
developing countries and nations favoring
free trade in agricultural goods, such as the
Cairns Group, to use the
WTO dispute settlement
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) makes decisions on trade disputes between governments that are adjudicated by the Organization. Its decisions generally match those of the Dispute Panel.
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mechanism in order to challenge, in particular,
U.S. and
EU export subsidies on agricultural products.
Another temporary peace clause was made at the WTO Bali conference in December 2013. It stipulated that no country would be legally barred from
food security programs for its own people even if the subsidy breached the limits specified in the WTO
Agreement on Agriculture.
All you wanted to know about: Peace Clause
References
External links
WTO Peace Clause Backgrounder
Agricultural treaties
World Trade Organization agreements
1995 in law
2004 disestablishments
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