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BALANCE PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2025-09-11
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Foreign Trade
- Customs and Excise
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- safeguard the balance of payments
1, record 1, English, safeguard%20the%20balance%20of%20payments
correct, verb
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
WTO [World Trade Organization] members may use [the article on] restrictions to safeguard the balance of payments... to impose import restrictions to shore up deteriorating foreign exchange reserves. 2, record 1, English, - safeguard%20the%20balance%20of%20payments
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Commerce extérieur
- Douanes et accise
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- protéger l'équilibre de la balance des paiements
1, record 1, French, prot%C3%A9ger%20l%27%C3%A9quilibre%20de%20la%20balance%20des%20paiements
correct, verb
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[Les] membres de l'OMC [Organisation mondiale du commerce] peuvent recourir à l'article [portant sur les] restrictions destinées à protéger l'équilibre de la balance des paiements [...] pour imposer des restrictions à l'importation en vue de consolider des réserves en devises qui se détériorent. 2, record 1, French, - prot%C3%A9ger%20l%27%C3%A9quilibre%20de%20la%20balance%20des%20paiements
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Comercio exterior
- Aduana e impuestos internos
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- proteger la balanza de pagos
1, record 1, Spanish, proteger%20la%20balanza%20de%20pagos
verb phrase
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2024-02-22
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- National and International Economics
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- stop-go 1, record 2, English, stop%2Dgo
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... the British economy has been subject to the much criticized "stop-go" policy of imposing restrictions on demand when a balance of payments crisis appears, and easing them when unemployment figures rise and perhaps before the external difficulties have been removed, so that another crisis soon recurs.(Seldon, Arthur and F. G. Pennance, Everyman's Dict. of Economics, London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1975, p. 23). 1, record 2, English, - stop%2Dgo
Record 2, Key term(s)
- stop and go
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Économie nationale et internationale
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- coups d'accordéon
1, record 2, French, coups%20d%27accord%C3%A9on
correct, masculine noun, plural
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- à-coups 2, record 2, French, %C3%A0%2Dcoups
- par à-coups 2, record 2, French, par%20%C3%A0%2Dcoups
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Alternative brutale de mesures destinées à provoquer tantôt le freinage, tantôt l'accélération de l'activité économique. 3, record 2, French, - coups%20d%27accord%C3%A9on
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Economía nacional e internacional
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- pare-siga
1, record 2, Spanish, pare%2Dsiga
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1996-06-02
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Foreign Trade
- National and International Economics
- National Accounting
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- balance-of-payments restrictions 1, record 3, English, balance%2Dof%2Dpayments%20restrictions
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Key term(s)
- balance-of-payments restriction
- balance of payments restrictions
- balance of payments restriction
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Commerce extérieur
- Économie nationale et internationale
- Comptabilité nationale
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- restrictions à l'importation destinées à protéger l'équilibre de la balance des paiements
1, record 3, French, restrictions%20%C3%A0%20l%27importation%20destin%C3%A9es%20%C3%A0%20prot%C3%A9ger%20l%27%C3%A9quilibre%20de%20la%20balance%20des%20paiements
feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record 3, Key term(s)
- restriction à l'importation destinée à protéger l'équilibre de la balance des paiements
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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