Blue Box support

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Blue Box support is a category of agricultural subsidies under World Trade Organization rules that are considered trade-distorting but are allowed because they are linked to production-limiting programs.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Blue Box support canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Trade Organization concept ⓘ
agricultural subsidy category ⓘ
trade-distorting domestic support ⓘ
aimsTo limit the impact of domestic support on agricultural trade ⓘ
allowedUnder World Trade Organization rules ⓘ
appliesTo agricultural products ⓘ
broaderCategory domestic support measures in agriculture ⓘ
categoryColor blue ⓘ
colorCodingSystem WTO domestic support boxes ⓘ
contrastedWith Amber Box support ⓘ
Green Box support ⓘ
de minimis support ⓘ
criticizedFor continuing to distort trade despite exemptions ⓘ
defendedAs a transitional tool toward less trade-distorting support ⓘ
discussedIn WTO Committee on Agriculture ⓘ
exampleCountry European Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
existsUnder multilateral trading system ⓘ
hasCharacteristic linked to production-limiting programs ⓘ
trade-distorting ⓘ
hasCondition payments must be based on fixed area and yields or a fixed number of head of livestock ⓘ
payments must be made on 85 percent or less of the base level of production ⓘ
payments must be tied to production-limiting programs ⓘ
hasDebate subject of controversy in WTO agricultural negotiations ⓘ
impactOnTrade distorts production and trade less than unconstrained Amber Box support ⓘ
influences farmers’ production decisions ⓘ
global agricultural production patterns ⓘ
introducedInContextOf Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture ⓘ
isExemptFrom reduction commitments on certain conditions ⓘ
legalStatus permitted under WTO with conditions ⓘ
monitoredBy World Trade Organization members through notifications ⓘ
objective to support farm incomes while capping output ⓘ
partOf World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture domestic support disciplines ⓘ
policyField domestic agricultural policy ⓘ
international agricultural trade policy ⓘ
policyInstrument area-based payments ⓘ
direct payments to farmers ⓘ
livestock headage payments ⓘ
purpose to permit certain trade-distorting support if tied to production limits ⓘ
regulatedBy Agreement on Agriculture ⓘ
World Trade Organization ⓘ
relatedConcept domestic support reduction commitments ⓘ
production-limiting programs ⓘ
relatedTo market access and export competition pillars in the Agreement on Agriculture ⓘ
requires notification to the WTO by member governments ⓘ
subjectTo WTO negotiations on agricultural domestic support ⓘ
usedBy developed countries ⓘ
developing countries ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Agreement on Agriculture → definesConcept → Blue Box support ⓘ