The Practice of Non-tariff Barriers in the USA: the Development of Legal and Organizational Foundations

Abstract

The article researches the system of measures for non-tariff regulation of international trade. It compares the contents of the aggregate notion of “non-tariff regulation” defined by various international organizations and national legislations differentiating notions close in their meanings. The author defines and analyses the essence of non-tariff regulation and non-tariff measures used to provide it, through the notion of customs-tariff regulation and identifies the deficiencies of such definitions.