Fast Track to Subsidies and Countervailing Measures in the WTO

Understanding how subsidies and countervailing measures operate is key to navigating global trade. This short course examines the relevant disciplines and conditions outlined in the WTO Agreements, highlighting how such measures are used and regulated. Explore their role within the multilateral trading system and how they influence fairness and competition in international markets.

Course Structure:

1. Introduction
2. Multilateral disciplines on subsidies
3. Countervailing measures
4. The Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) agreement: two tracks
5. Definition of "Subsidy"
6. Categories of subsidies covered by the Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) Agreement
7. Relationship between the SCM Agreement and the Agreement on Agriculture Procedure for the application of Countervailing Measures
8. Special and Differential Treatment (S&D)
   
9. Practice