Problem
Unpredictable barriers to trade
Other Names:
Unpredictable introduction of protectionist measures Nature:
Strategies among developing countries for the diversification of their economies and for increases in manufactured exports instead of primary commodities have to be planned and implemented under adverse conditions. Sharp fluctuations in developed countries' activity together with uncertainty resulting from the frequency of the introduction of new, often discriminatory, protectionist measures complicates policy making as regards both the short and the longer term. Unpredictable barriers to trade discriminates mainly against those countries which had successfully embarked upon export-oriented industrial development and those which aimed at an increase in exports of primary commodities or of manufactures which would otherwise have been absorbed domestically.
Broader Problems:
Restrictive trade practices Aggravates:
Economic uncertaintyInstability in export earningsInadequate industrial trade in developing countries Strategies:
Evaluating effects of world trade agreements on trade facilitationIntroducing protectionist measuresReducing protectionist measuresPredicting barriers to tradeCoping with unpredictable barriers to tradeRemoving barriers to trade Subject(s):
Commerce → Conditions of tradeCommerce → Trade
Societal Problems → Impediments
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST