trade barrier

American  

noun

1. any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.

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Example Sentences

For many developing countries, it effectively operates as a trade barrier.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The WTO does not list VAT as a trade barrier.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

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

Still, several diplomats and exporters said they saw the rules as a trade barrier for overseas products.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2021

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