Assists

Assists and the GATT Policy Negotiations

In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Assists: Inputs to production — including blueprints, designs, tools and dies, and development engineering –provided by an importer to a foreign manufacturer for use in ” producing merchandise for purchase by the importer. The value of assists may be subject to import duties on grounds that they would have been reflected in the sale price if they had been obtained commercial by the foreign manufacturer.