International trade

International trade

The buying and selling of goods, services and capital across international borders or territories.

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Economy; International trade

Cutting across or common to several issues.

HS 6-digit

Economy; International trade

The World Customs Organization's Harmonized System (HS) uses code numbers to define products. A code with a low number of digits defines broad categories of products; additional digits indicate ...

import licensing

Economy; International trade

the need to obtain a permit for importing a product; administrative procedures for obtaining an import license.

Ensuring all members have input into a process even when meetings involve only some of them. In WTO negotiations and other decision-making, ideas are tested and issues are discussed in a variety of ...

initial commitments

Economy; International trade

Trade liberalizing commitments in services which members are prepared to make early on.

integration Program

Economy; International trade

In textiles and clothing, the phasing out of Multifibre Arrangement restrictions in four stages starting on 1 January 1995 and ending on 1 January 2005.

intellectual property rights

Economy; International trade

Ownership of ideas, including literary and artistic works (protected by copyright), inventions (protected by patents), signs for distinguishing goods of an enterprise (protected by trademarks) and ...