On Several Issues Concerning The Application Of WTO Safeguard Measures By Members Of Both The WTO And A Regional Trade Arrangement

Where WTO members establish a WTO-consistent regional arrangement, can those WTO members, which are also members of a preferential regional arrangement, for the sake of the benefit they gain from that regional arrangement, act against the most— favored treatment principle and non-discrimination principle in their application of WTO safeguard measures? More specifically, how should they act in specific processes? For instance, which import should be included in injury investigation and injury decision? And can they exclude imports from other regional members while adopting and applying a safeguard measure? The author tries to discuss those issues as well as other related issues concerning the application of safeguard measures by regional members. Two different WTO-consistent modes are concluded with regard to the application of safeguard measures by regional members.