The world trading system: Recent trends

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Tariffs no longer represent the most serious impediment to international trade. As the importance of tariffs in restricting free trade has been declining, non-tariff barriers are becoming increasingly important. The use of selected non-tariff barriers is analyzed, focusing on anti-dumping measures, voluntary export restraints, trade related investment measures, and trade related intellectual property rights. Coming multilateral negotiations will have to concentrate on non-tariff barriers. A first prerequisite for successful negotiations is to increase transparency of these instruments. Only if transparency is ensured, improved enforcement mechanisms can be implemented.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Year: 1994 ; Kiel: Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse ; Antidumping ; Direktinvestition ; Immaterialgüterrechte ; Welt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Funke, Norbert
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW) ; ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel
• (when): 1994

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/47126
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET