“保障条款”是许多涉及自由贸易内容的国际协定或条约里所包含的一种例外条款。在市场经济国家,政府为使本国经济部门免受外国产品冲击,可引用“保障条款”采取多种措施限制进口。由于关贸总协定的保障条款(第19条)中有许多概念未加定义,影响了实际操作。“关贸总协定保障条款与《保障措施协议》”对乌拉圭回合谈判中达成的《保障措施协议》的背景和内容作了详细介绍。文章较长,分两期刊登。 The Safeguards clause is an exception included in many international agreements or treaties that deal with free trade. In a market-economy country, the government may resort to the “safeguard clause” to take various measures to restrict its imports in order to protect its own economic sector from foreign products. As many of the concepts in the GATT Safeguards (Article 19) were not defined, they affected the operation. "The GATT Safeguards Agreement and the Agreement on Safeguards Agreement elaborate on the background and content of the Agreement on Safeguards reached in the Uruguay Round of negotiations. Articles longer, published in two phases.