The Deparment of Commerce's Import Administration is responsible for coordinating multilateral subsidies enforcement efforts. The primary mission is to assist the private sector by monitoring foreign subsidies and identifying subsidies that can be remedied under the Subsidies Agreement of the World Trade Organization of which the United States is a member. As part of its monitoring efforts, the SEO has created a Subsidies Library , which is available to the public via the internet.
Subsidies can take a variety of forms.
The SEO can evaluate the subsidy in relation to U.S. and multilateral trade rules to determine what action may be possible to take to counteract such adverse effects. By working together to monitor foreign subsidies and enforce the Subsidies Agreement, we can ensure that U.S. companies are competing in a fair international trading system .