什麼是 safeguard measures?

safeguard measures means a measure taken by a country to restrict imports of a product temporarily to protect a specific domestic industry from an increase in imports of any product which is causing, or which is threatening to cause, serious injury to the industry.

A member of the World Trade Organization (which includes almost all the major countries in the world) which implements a safeguard measure has to comply with the Safeguards Agreement.(http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/agrm8_e.htm#safeguards)