For basic information on the use of domestic support and the WTO, see the
domestic support chapter in the ERS
WTO briefing room.
Copies of an individual country's notification to the WTO can
be downloaded from the WTO website.
— Go to the "documents" button at the top of the page.
— On the WTO official documents page, click on "search for and
download official WTO documents."
— On the left side bar, choose "search." A "simple search" screen
will appear (see first screen shot below).
— In the "document symbol" box, insert the character string G/AG/N
to search for agriculture agreement notifications.
— In the "countries" box, enter the names of the country or
countries that you wish to search for separated by an "or."
— To narrow the search to solely domestic support notifications,
enter "domestic support" in the "full text search criteria" box.
— Specify the document dates. You will be searching for
when the documents were submitted to the WTO, not the dates for which
the notification applies. For example, the United States notified
its domestic support for marketing year 1998 on June 22, 2001. Thus,
June 22, 2001 (22/06/2001) is the document date that pertains to this
notification.
— Then select "search."
— PLEASE BE PATIENT. SEARCHES ON THE WTO WEBSITE MAY REQUIRE
5 TO 10 MINUTES OR LONGER.
— Alternatively, you can enter a full document number (e.g.,
G/AG/N/USA/36) in the "document symbol" box and just search
for a specific document.
— To download specific documents once the results of the search
appear, check the box next to the name of the documents and click
the little "E" above the checked box (see second screen shot below).
Initially, some documents were in WordPerfect; however, more recent
documents are in Microsoft Word.
Screen shot examples from WTO web site
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