Equality Of Competitive Opportunity

Equality of competitive opportunity in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the principle underlying the national treatment obligation contained in Article III of the GATT. The entries on trade policy are here. It means that national laws and regulations have to be drafted so that imported products to compete effectively with domestic products. Normally, this means that regulations for imported and domestic products are identical, but there may be formally different rules for imports if this is the only way to achieve equal opportunity. See also competitive neutrality, economic impact criterion and implicit discrimination.[1]

Equality of competitive opportunityin the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Equality of competitive opportunity” entry (OAS)

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