Non Tariff Barriers

Their exports today face a variety of barriers in their major markets, including non tariff trade barriers and other non tariff measures.

Tariff and non tariff barriers on trade among African countries often remain a major obstacle to increased intraregional or subregional trade.

Urged that the remaining non tariff barriers to intra PTA trade be dismantled immediately

(b) The elimination of trade distorting policies, protectionist practices and non tariff barriers in international trade relations

(i) By the use of tariff or non tariff barriers and

Market access Tariffs and non tariff barriers

It will also take up non tariff barriers.

As in all previous rounds of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Uruguay Round led to the elimination of tariff and non tariff trade barriers.

We call for better access to markets, in particular preferential markets with lowered tariff and non tariff barriers to trade with industrialized countries.

Methodologies, Classifications, Quantification and Development Impacts of Non Tariff Barriers

While many developing countries had liberalized their trade regimes, sometimes at great social, political and economic cost, the champions of free trade had raised their tariff and non tariff barriers.

Non tariff barriers (e.g. quotas, sanitary and phytosanitary barriers) also make it hard to plan ahead.

In this regard it is urgent to eliminate high tariffs, tariff picks, tariff escalation, non tariff barriers, export subsidies and to substantially reduce trade distorting domestic support for protecting the agricultural sector of developed countries.

For example, the Trade Map analysed present export markets and provided market specific information on, for instance, tariffs and non tariff barriers.

With formal tariffs already so low, negotiators will focus largely on non tariff barriers such as regulatory barriers.

Improving market access involved not only tariff reduction but also relaxation of non tariff barriers and rules of origin.

However, more work is needed to find or create the appropriate tariff headings and to address non tariff barriers.

To this end, the scope of the World Trade Organization should be extended through the negotiation of future global arrangements that reduce subsidies and both tariff and non tariff barriers.

Countries of every sort will face requests to do their part to overcome hurdles to a new global trade accord. Tariff and non tariff barriers will need to come down.

Item 3. Methodologies, classifications, quantification and development impacts of non tariff barriers (NTBs)

Russia will review the possibility of removing certain tariff barriers impeding development of trade.

The necessary liberalization and fairness in international trade could be achieved only by eliminating non tariff and tariff barriers to exports from developing countries, particularly agricultural products, as well as agricultural subsidies.

The Doha Ministerial Declaration (DMD) called for the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tariff and non tariff barriers to EGS.

Non tariff barriers acted as major barriers to exports from developing countries and should be addressed in the WTO negotiations.

quot (b) Trade distorting policies and practices, including tariff and non tariff barriers, tariff escalation and obstacles to competition influence negatively the ability of developing countries to diversify their exports and undertake the requisite restructuring of their commodity sector

Despite various preferential trade arrangements with its main trading partners, Africa's external trade continues to be hindered by a host of non tariff barriers and excessive market entry requirements that nullify the market access granted under preferential tariff regimes.

NAMA It was recognized that all countries have a positive interest in seeking the reduction of tariff peaks and tariff escalation, as well as non tariff barriers.

There was need for the reduction and or elimination of export subsidies, domestic support, tariff peaks and escalation, and non tariff barriers.

Tariffs have fallen, although non tariff barriers and preferential agreements have been on the rise.

41. Non tariff barriers (NTBs) in the Asia and Pacific region demonstrate some interesting features.

The Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, at its ninth session, decided to convene an expert meeting on non tariff barriers (NTBs).

An increasing number of developing countries have requested assistance, particularly in developing lists of EGs and identifying tariff and non tariff barriers affecting trade in these goods, as well as considering possible negotiating modalities.

Over the past 25 years, Indonesia had adopted various stabilization programmes and fiscal, monetary and financial reform measures and had encouraged deregulation of foreign trade, the rollback of non tariff barriers and tariff reforms.

72. In the context of environmental concern and awareness in large market countries, small island developing countries may face trade restrictions, in particular, non tariff barriers.

With the reduction in tariffs, non tariff barriers are increasingly becoming front stage market access concerns.

A restructured multilateral trade system must be based on fairer and more equitable rules, gradual elimination of tariff and non tariff barriers and, above all, the avoidance of unfair competition, unilateral restrictions and protectionist measures.

For instance, WTO Members may choose to categorize non tariff barriers affecting EPPs as those that are more issue specific, e.g. technical barriers to trade (TBT), customs procedures and rules, or more sector specific.

(b) Trade distorting policies and practices, including tariff and non tariff barriers, tariff escalation and obstacles to competition have a negative effect on the ability of developing countries to diversify their exports and to undertake the requisite restructuring of their commodity sector

At its ninth session, held in Geneva on 14 18 March 2005, the Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities concluded that UNCTAD should examine the effects of non tariff barriers and decided, in accordance with the São Paulo Consensus, to convene an expert meeting on non tariff barriers (NTBs).

Even neighbors with low tariff barriers, like Canada and the United States, trade more internally than across borders.

When progress is not being made, non tariff barriers grow like weeds in response to domestic interests.

Establishment of a more equitable international economic system, especially access to markets and removal of tariff and non tariff trade barriers and elimination of subsidies on agriculture are prerequisites for the promotion of pro human rights growth.

Tariff and non tariff barriers in developed countries, combined with the non implementation of commitments undertaken with respect to development financing and debt alleviation for developing countries, further aggravate the situation.

He urged the developed countries to remove tariff and non tariff barriers and to abolish subsidies which hindered the import of commodities from the developing countries.