Calculating Subsidy Benefit for Countervailing Investigations under the WTO SCM Agreement: Equity, Loans, Guarantees, and government provision or purchase of goods and services
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This Practice Note offers practical guidance on working out the amount of a subsidy that provides a benefit to the recipient. It also gives applied direction on government provision of equity, loans and guarantees, the provision of goods and services by government, and the government purchase of goods...
Introduction
The WTO’s Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement) requires the investigating authority to establish first whether a subsidy exists before assessing if it causes material injury to the domestic industry. Under the SCM Agreement, a subsidy exists where:
- there is a financial contribution
- by a government or any public body
- that confers a benefit on the recipient
In addition, the subsidy must be specific. Even where there is a financial contribution, it must still confer a benefit on the recipient. For further guidance, see Practice Note: An introduction to the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. This Practice Note addresses how an investigating authority may calculate that benefit...
Guidance on calculating the benefit
The SCM Agreement provides direction on computing the benefit in countervailing measure investigations...
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