blue box
n.— «Green box, blue box, amber box and de minimus—which refer to the various kinds of subsidies governments give to the farming community—are terms used quite frequently in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) parlance.» —“Divided spectrum” Financial Express (India) Nov. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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