Whereas the World Trade Organization Agreement on Safeguards allows for the application of a safeguard measure to a good if it is determined that such good is being imported in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to the domestic industry that produces like or directly competitive goods;
Whereas the World Trade Organization Agreement on Safeguards further allows for the application of provisional safeguard measures for a 200-day period, in critical circumstances where delay would cause damages difficult to repair;
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