Non-tariff barriers restricting Arab trade in light of WTO and GAFTA agreements

Abstract EN

According to the GATT agreement, states cannot impose any barriers to trade, but there are some other barriers states may impose in order to fulfill several objectives.

They serve as a balance between what GATT imposes and the interests of the states.

This article is a try to analyze some examples of the NTBs that restrict the Trade between Arab countries by identifying different forms of NTBs that restrict free trade under World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, including TBT, dumping, safeguards and analyzing the Agreement to Facilitate and Develop Trade Among the Arab States and how they handle these examples of NTBs, in order to evaluate the harmonization between WTO /TBT agreement and the agreement to facilitate and develop trade among the Arab States."