Technical Barriers To Trade
Summary of Technical Barriers To Trade
A specialized form of nontariff barrier that arises when a nation adopts or retains peculiar product standards. Often, these standards reflect genuine local usages not designed to impede imports; other standards are devised for precisely such purposes. An example of such technical barriers in U.S. emission control requirements on imported (and domestic) cars.
(Main Author: William J. Miller)
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