United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-09-29 monographic deposited born digital 31 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-1056 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1056 P0b002ee18039efd0 f:d051056 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1056 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1056 GAO-05-1056 Foreign governments Foreign trade agreements Import restriction International cooperation International organizations International trade International trade regulation International trade restriction Foreign trade policies Import regulation China Other Written Product A38699 In joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001, China agreed to a number of mechanisms to allow other WTO members to address disruptive import surges from that country. Among these was a transitional product-specific safeguard. In general, safeguards are temporary import restrictions of limited duration that provide an opportunity for domestic industries to adjust to increasing imports. U.S. law includes a number of other safeguards including a communist country safeguard, known as "section 406," and a global safeguard, known as "section 201," which have both applied to China. In light of increased concern about Chinese trade practices and the U.S. government response to them, the conference report on fiscal year 2004 appropriations requested that GAO review the efforts of U.S. government agencies responsible for ensuring free and fair trade with that country. In this report, which is one of a series, GAO (1) describes the China safeguard, (2) describes how it has been used thus far, and (3) examines issues related to the President's discretion to apply the safeguard. Other safeguards provide context to understand this mechanism. We provided ITC and USTR a draft of this report for their review and comment. Both agencies chose to provide technical comments from their staff. We incorporated their suggestions as appropriate. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1056/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1056.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1056/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1056.pdf GAO-05-1056 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1056 Other Written Product GAO-05-1056; U.S.-China Trade: The United States Has Not Restricted Imports under the China Safeguard; Foreign governments Foreign trade agreements Import restriction International cooperation International organizations International trade International trade regulation International trade restriction Foreign trade policies Import regulation China Volume 102 Page 1225 102 Stat. 1225 Volume 114 Page 880 114 Stat. 880 Public Law 100-418