serious injury means a significant overall impairment of a domestic industry;

surge means a significant increase in imports over the trend for a recent representative base period;

threat of serious injury means serious injury that, on the basis of facts and not merely on allegation, conjecture or remote possibility, is clearly imminent; and

transition period means the 10-year period commencing on the date of the entry into force of this Agreement, except where the good against which the action is taken is provided for in the items in staging category C+ of the Tariff Schedule of the Party taking the action, in which case the transition period shall be the period of staged tariff elimination for that good.

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Bilateral Actions

Notwithstanding Article 801, bilateral emergency actions between Canada and the United States on goods originating in the territory of either Party shall be governed in accordance with the terms of Article 1101 of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, which is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement for such purpose.

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Administration of Emergency Action Proceedings

1. Institution of a Proceeding: