Discrimination (foreign trade)
In connection with foreign trade and world trade, discrimination denotes a differentiated, unequal treatment of states. Today it is often seen as an undesirable international trade barrier .
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (ger .: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT) 1947 raises forth in its preamble that the elimination of discrimination in the field of international trade aimed ( "elimination of discriminatory treatment in international commerce" ). Non-discrimination is referred to as a rule in the text of the contract (“Rule of Non-discrimination”).
The World Trade Organization (Engl. World Trade Organization, WTO) provides non-discriminatory (World) Trade ( "Trade without discrimination") as one of the most important to be aimed principles of the (world) trade ( "Principles of the trading system").
The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology emphasizes that the principle of most-favored nation treatment is intended to rule out any kind of discrimination between individual WTO members and other WTO members. The principle of national treatment is intended to prevent types of discrimination against foreign goods and services compared to domestic products - for example through the application of internal taxes and legal provisions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1947), online at Archivlink ( Memento of the original dated February 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 11, 2008
- ↑ World Trade Organization: UNDERSTANDING THE WTO: BASICS. Principles of the trading system , undated online at http://www.wto.org/english/theWTO_e/whatis_e/tif_e/fact2_e.htm , accessed April 11, 2008
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology: What is the WTO ?. Basic principles of trade relations , o. D. online under archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 11, 2008
