The provision by governments (or special institutions controlled by governments) of export credit guarantee or insurance programmes at premium rates which are inadequate to cover the long-term operating costs and losses of the programmes are classified as prohibited export subsidies in the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1986 to 1994) (1), in particular under Article 3(1)(a) and paragraph (j) of Annex I thereto ...
