Definition of Trade barrier

1. Noun. Any regulation or policy that restricts international trade.

Exact synonyms: Import Barrier
Generic synonyms: Protectionism
Specialized synonyms: Quota, Embargo, Trade Embargo, Trade Stoppage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trade Barrier

trade(a)
trade-deficit
trade-in
trade-ins
trade-last
trade-lasts
trade-off
trade-offs
trade-union
trade-wind
trade-winds
trade acceptance
trade acceptances
trade balance
trade balances
trade barrier (current term)
trade bill
trade book
trade card
trade cycle
trade deficit
trade deficits
trade discount
trade dispute
trade diversion
trade down
trade dress
trade edition
trade embargo
trade expense

Literary usage of Trade barrier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Competition Law and Policy in Latin America: Peer Reviews of Argentina by Inter-American Development Bank (2006)
"... 14 authorises the CFC to determine whether a market restriction imposed by a Mexican state constitutes an interstate trade barrier, and thus is void. ..."

2. Pirates on the High Seas: The United States and Global Intellectual Property by Benedicte Callan (1998)
"The trade barrier Regulation, therefore, is geared toward the problems encountered in entering third-country markets, much like Section 301. ..."

3. Trade and Sustainable Development: A Survey of the Issues and a New Research by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DEFINE WHAT CONSTITUTES A HARMFUL trade barrier AND WHAT CONSTITUTES A BENEFICIAL trade barrier. BELINDA COOTE. ..."

4. Standards, Conformity Assessment, and Trade Into the 21st Century by National Research Council (1995)
"... regarding conformity assessment procedures in the US system, the European Union's approach to product approval is a discriminatory trade barrier. ..."

5. Report of the One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Round Table on Transport Economics by SourceOECD (Online service), Economic Research Centre (2005)
"In that case, the large amount that a government may collect in a tariff, which is not part of the net loss to society from the trade barrier, becomes a ..."

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