The Role of Trade Barriers in SME Internationalisation

Barbara Fliess and Carlos Busquets

No 45, OECD Trade Policy Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: This paper discusses trade barriers that SMEs are likely to encounter in export markets and available policy tools aimed at their reduction or elimination. Drawing on recent work in the Trade Directorate and elsewhere, key types of barriers are identified based on a review of business surveys and other studies recently undertaken. The paper also explores how governments deal with trade barriers and how SME participation in the trade policy process...

Keywords: business surveys; consultation; export markets; exports; negotiation; non-OECD; non-tariff barriers; OECD; small and medium-sized enterprises; tariffs; trade advocacy; trade association; trade barriers; trade policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-12-01
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