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| National economic policies designed to restrict free trade and protect domestic industries from foreign competition |
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| A tax imposed on imported products, effectively increasing the cost of acquisition for the customer |
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| A government policy, regulation, or procedure that impedes trade through means other than explicit tariffs |
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| Checkpoints at the ports of entry in each country where government officials inspect imported products and levy tariffs |
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| A quantitative restriction placed on imports of a specific product over a specified period of time |
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| A government measure intended to manage or prevent the export of certain products or trade with certain countries |
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| Government authorization granted to a firm for importation of a product. |
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| Restrictions on the outflow of hard currency from a country, or the inflow of foreign currencies |
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| Monetary or other resources a government grants to a firm or group of firms, usually intended to ensure their survival by facilitating the production and marketing of products at reduced prices or to encourage exports |
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| A duty imposed on products imported into a country to offset subsidiaries given to producers or exporters in the exporting country |
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| Pricing exported products at less than their normal value, generally for less than their price in the domestic or third-country markets, or at less than production cost |
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| A tax imposed on products deemed to be dumped and causing injury to producers of competing products in the importing country |
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| Transfer payment or tax concession made directly to foreign firms to entice them to invest in the country |
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| An area within a country that receives imported goods for assembly or other processing, and re-export. For customs purposes the FTZ is treated as if it is outside the country’s borders |
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| Export-assembly plants in northern Mexico along the U.S. border that produce components and typically finished products destined for the United States |
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