Problem
Imposition of trade quotas for health reasons
Other Names:
Embargo due to fear of diseaseBanning contaminated imported products
Restrictions on trade for quarantine reasons
Nature:
When one country fears that imports from another country carry an infectious disease that could spread into the native population or cause illness or damage, then it may attempt to ban or restrict the undesirable imports.
Incidence:
In 1994 Germany attempted to ban the importation of British beef due to fear of mad cow disease.
A beetle that infests wooden pallets resulted in restrictions in trade from wooden packaging by the USA and the EU in 2000/2001.
Broader Problems:
Distortion of international trade by embargoes Related Problems:
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Reduced By:
Inadequate quarantineStrategies:
Restoring consumer confidence Subject(s):
Commerce → AssessmentCommerce → Customs
Commerce → Import, export
Commerce → Trade
Health Care → Health
Industry → Products
Medicine → Pathology
Societal Problems → Pollution
Societal Problems → Restrictions
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST