something such as animporttaxor alimiton theamountofgoodsthat can beimportedthat makesinternationaltrademoredifficultorexpensive:trade barriers on/to sthTradebarriersonleatherhandbagsare usuallylimitedto hightariffs.Therichcountrieshaveerectedtradebarriers.break/knock/tear down trade barriersWe arecallingon othernationstoknockdowntradebarriers.reduce/end/lift trade barriersThetalksaimto getrichcountriestolowertradebarriers.foreign/global/internationaltradebarriersfalling/high/lowtradebarriers(Definition oftrade barrierfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftrade barrier
trade barrierTaxes act as a type oftradebarrieror tariff that causes economic participants to revert to less efficient means of satisfying their needs.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tradebarrierobstructs free trade.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It would simply create yet anothertradebarrier, and we have enough of those already.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishWe, however, reciprocate by imposing a non-tarifftradebarrierin the form of the requirement of very low cadmium levels.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishPrecaution does not equal prevention, nor should the precautionary principle be invoked as a technicaltradebarrier.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishYou said that the precautionary principle should not be used as a disguisedtradebarrier.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThe only real concern for negotiators in that case is to set up a mechanism to ensure that governments do not use environmental policy as a disguisedtradebarrier.From theCambridge English CorpusI would interpose that a tariff is not necessarily atradebarrierbut a means of regulating trade.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The main reason for that is thetradebarrier, known, somewhat ironically, as the gentleman's agreement which restricts trade in vehicles.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Is not one of the most pernicious barriers—thetradebarrier—equally damaging to the rich and to the poor?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/trade-barrier##
