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MESURE NON TARIFAIRE [3 records]

Record 1 2025-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • National and International Economics
DEF

non-tariff measures: Measures other than tariffs applied by governments at the border that determine the extent to which a good has access to the import market.

OBS

[For example,] an NTM would ... consist of applying the rules governing domestically produced goods to imported goods ... This would be the case with product standards agreed internationally.

OBS

If ... there was an element putting the foreign good at a disadvantage, it would be better to refer to the measure as an NTB [non-tariff barrier].

OBS

non-tariff measure; NTM: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • nontariff measure
  • non-tariff measures
  • nontariff measures
  • SearchOnlyKey2

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Économie nationale et internationale
DEF

mesures non tarifaires : Mesures autres que les droits de douane appliqués par les gouvernements à la frontière qui déterminent [le degré] dans [lequel] un produit a accès au marché d'importation.

OBS

[Par exemple,] une MNT consisterait [...] à appliquer [...] aux produits importés les règles régissant les produits d'origine nationale, comme en ce qui concerne les normes de produit convenues au niveau international.

OBS

[...] dans le cas où un élément désavantagerait le produit étranger, il serait préférable de qualifier la mesure d'obstacle non tarifaire.

OBS

mesure non tarifaire; MNT : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • mesures non tarifaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Economía nacional e internacional
OBS

Terminología relacionada con el proceso de negociación del Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

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Record 2 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Source(s) : Document OMC [Organisation mondiale du commerce].

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • incidence commerciale
  • incidence sur le commerce
  • part des échanges visés
  • part du commerce visée
  • taux d’incidence commerciale
  • taux d’incidence dans le commerce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
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