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ARRANGEMENTS COMMERCIAUX PREFERENTIELS [1 record]

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Record 1 2025-09-29

English

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

A trade arrangement under which a party agrees, either unilaterally or as a result of negotiations, to accord one or more other parties preferential treatment in trade in goods or services.

OBS

preferential trade arrangement; PTA: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • preferential trade arrangements

French

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

[...] arrangement commercial en vertu duquel une partie accepte, soit unilatéralement, soit à la suite de négociations, d'accorder à une ou plusieurs autres parties un traitement préférentiel dans le cadre du commerce des marchandises ou des services.

OBS

arrangement commercial préférentiel; ACPr : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • arrangements commerciaux préférentiels

Spanish

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