How do special interest groups influence trade policy and the imposition of trade barriers?

Trade barriers include tariffs (taxes) on imports (and occasionally exports) and non-tariff barriers to trade such as import quotas, subsidies to domestic ... Trade barriers are government-induced restrictions on international trade. ... According to the theory of comparative advantage, trade barriers are detrimental to ... Jan 2, 2024 ... Japan does have some non-tariff barriers that may impact commercial activity by possibly impeding or delaying the importation of foreign products into Japan. Key Global Digital Trade Threats: Restrictions on Cross-Border Data Flows and Infrastructure Localization Mandates, Digital Authoritarianism, Forced Revenue ... Countries are increasingly turning to non-tariff barriers that are hard to measure and often illegal under WTO rules. What are the impacts of these policies, ... Margaret Peters argues that the increased ability of firms to produce anywhere in the world combined with growing international competition due to lowered ... Nov 2, 2023 ... Argentina continues to apply reference values to several thousand products which is a mandatory value of the product, calculated by Argentine ... Jun 17, 2020 ... The report offers a detailed analysis of the types of barriers causing most problems to EU's companies and the sectors where results have been achieved. Jan 27, 2009 ... It demonstrates that, although tariffs on trade within the EU were abolished decades ago, significant barriers remain, and countries continue to ... We study policy-induced barriers to domestic trade in the context of India. Prior to the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system on July 1, 2017 ...