Imposition of trade quotas for political reasons

International cartels enforced by governments
Imposition of quantitative trade quotas of a discretionary character
Discriminatory managed trade mechanisms

Claim

Surrender to "managed trade" or "fair trade" and you surrender to the rule of the strong against the weak. GATT has inadequacies aplenty but beside its alternatives it is a bulwark of sanity.

Broader

Distortion of international trade by embargoes

Narrower

Trade restrictions due to voluntary export restraints

Aggravated by

Fragmentation of the international trading system

Declining international competitiveness

Value

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Sustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database

World problems

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

Biological classification

N/A

Subject

Commerce » Assessment
Commerce » Conditions of trade
Commerce » Trade
Government » Government
Government » Political
Law » Law enforcement » Law enforcement
Management » Management
Psychology » Psychology

Content quality

Unpresentable

Language

English

1A4N

E9762

DOCID

11597620

D7NID

154588

Editing link

Official link

https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/imposition-trade-quotas-political-reasons

Last update

Oct 4, 2020