Examples of
non-tariff barriers "include countervailing and anti-dumping duties, ‘voluntary' export restraints, subsidies which sustain in operation loss making enterprises, technical barriers to trade, and obstacles to the establishment and provision of services. […]
Some of these instruments, in particular technical regulations, minimum standards and certification systems regarding health and consumer safety do not ipso facto constitute barriers to trade, as they are generally employed to meet legitimate policy goals. However, there is a perception that, in some circumstances these sorts of policy instruments are being misused."
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
Non-tariff barriers,
Economics Glossary, visited 2011-01-19)
