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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Imposition of trade quotas for political reasons

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
Presentable

Narrower

Trade restrictions due to voluntary export restraints
Presentable

Aggravated by

Fragmentation of the international trading system
Presentable
Declining international competitiveness
Unpresentable

Value

Unmanageability
Yet to rate
Unenforced
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Imposition
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Enforcement
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Discrimination [D]
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Character
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Cartel
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong InstitutionsSustainable 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
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E9762
    DOCID
    11597620
    D7NID
    154588
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020