Author: Aastha Gupta, Principal Associate Safeguard measure can be invoked when the imports of a product increases, due to unforeseen developments, and causes injury to the domestic industry. The key ingredients required to invoke safeguard measure are (a) there must be increased imports of a product, (b) the increase in imports must be a result of unforeseen developments, and as an effect of obligations incurred under the GATT, (c) the imports must have caused serious injury to the domestic industry, (d) no other factors must be causing injury to the domestic industry, (e) the domestic industry must undertake that it would take action to positively adjust to the increased imports, and (f) the measure should be in public interest. A safeguard measure can take the…