trade barrier
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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For many developing countries, it effectively operates as a trade barrier.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Australia will lift restrictions on the import of beef from the US, a trade barrier which had angered the Trump administration.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
The EU believes that the measure is a potential trans-Atlantic trade barrier discriminating against foreign producers.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022
Officials argue that a lack of consistency in rules and regulations has become as big a trade barrier as tariffs, and that the new framework would address that problem.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2022
It needs the reduction of trade barriers to improve its foreign markets, but it should not overlook the chance to reduce the domestic trade barrier right here—right away—without waiting for any treaty.
From The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
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