What strategies may EU traders use to overcome trade barriers?

Customs Compliance & Risk Management, Issue 14, April / May 2022
Ilona Mishchenko
Ilona Mishchenko
Managing Editor, CustomsClear, Ukraine
Published 31 May 2022
What strategies may EU traders use to overcome trade barriers?
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Topic spotlight
Trade policy
Recently, the European Commission (EC) terminated the examination procedure concerning obstacles to trade applied by Mexico (see Commission implementing decision (EU) 2022/161, 3.2.2022). This was because the dispute regarding Tequila export licenses was resolved in favour of EU exports by domestic courts in Mexico. The example reveals that exporters can cope with trade barriers in several ways: in courts, and through complaints to the EC.

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