trade barrier
9
5.0
- noun
- /treɪd ˈbɛrɪər/
- Specialized
:
barrera comercial
- Governments often impose a trade barrier to protect local industries from foreign competition.
- tariff and trade barriers
- removal of trade barriers
- unfair trade barrier
NAFTA will tear down trade barriers between our three nations.
- NAFTA will tear down trade barriers between our three nations.
- Including trade barriers and an exchange rate that discouraged imports and promoted exports.
- the US and other advanced economies played a leading role in the reduction of trade barriers and the design of the world trading system.
- It aimed to remove trade barriers between European nations and to foster commerce between those countries and the United States.
- Such said, let's just get rid of these trade barriers so we can have freer trade within within our regimes, OK.
Examples
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Singapore has high growth, few trade barriers, and more than enough hard currency to import from any source.
Academic text (1994) -
WTO members are obliged to eliminate trade barriers with other members.
Blog text (12) -
You only create a trade barrier because someone else has got a better, cheaper product.
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But not content with trade barriers, farmers wanted the EU to drive food prices still higher.
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However, at the same time, there are trade barriers that remain, and efforts are not always driven by economics.
Academic text (1995) -
In short, as trade barriers have come down, governments have become more active in managing the domestic consequences.
Academic text (1994) -
the US and other advanced economies played a leading role in the reduction of trade barriers and the design of the world trading system.
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NAFTA will tear down trade barriers between our three nations.
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PTAs serve to reduce trade barriers among the contracting parties.
Academic text (1994) -
Brazil should also consider lowering its trade barriers to foster innovation in non-commodity industries.
Academic text (2012)
Antonyms
How Restrictive
- Formal
7
5.9
- Specialized
9
5.0
- Specialized
1
6.6
5
5.3
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4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a regulation or policy that restricts international trade' is directly and transparently compositional from 'trade' (buying and selling) + 'barrier' (an obstacle). This noun–noun combination maps onto a clear, cross-linguistically common concept (an obstacle to commerce), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Trade barrier creates an easy picture: imagine a strong barrier or gate at a border that blocks trade, like people and goods moving between countries. That's why it means 'rules or taxes that stop or limit trade'.