Definitions for "Blue box"
an electronic device created to defeat long distance call charges on the United States telephone network
an electronic device which simulates an operators dialing console
an electronic device with a tone pulsator that simulates a telephone operator 's dialing console by replicating the tones used to switch long-distance calls and using them to route the user's own call, bypassing the normal switching mechanism
permitted supports linked to production, but subject to production limits and therefore minimally trade distorting. Box : agriculture : category of domestic support
Rules that exempt certain domestic support from the commitment on Total AMS. Blue box exempt support consists of direct payments under production-limiting programs, which also meet certain criteria. Blue box payments must be based on a fixed area and yields, on 85% or less of the base production, or on a fixed number of head of livestock.
A special category of subsidies permitted under the WTO Agriculture Agreement, it includes payments that are linked to production but with provisions to limit production through production quotas or requirements to set aside land from production.
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normal
a normal state