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TECHNICAL BARRIER TRADE [1 record]

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Record 1 2025-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Customs and Excise
DEF

[A] trade restrictive effect arising from the application of technical regulations or standards ...

CONT

Technical barriers to trade generally result from the preparation, adoption and application of different technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures. If a producer in country A wants to export to country B, he will be obliged to satisfy the technical requirements that apply in country B, with all the financial consequences this entails.

OBS

technical barrier to trade; technical trade barrier; TBT: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • technical barriers to trade
  • technical trade barriers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Douanes et accise
CONT

Les obstacles techniques au commerce résultent généralement de l'élaboration, de l'adoption et de l'application de règlements techniques différents et de procédures d'évaluation de la conformité différentes. Si un producteur d'un pays A désire exporter vers un pays B, il devra satisfaire aux prescriptions techniques en vigueur dans ce pays B, avec toutes les conséquences financières que cela entraîne.

OBS

obstacle technique au commerce; OTC : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • obstacles techniques au commerce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
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