For this P2 I will be describing the mechanisms that regulate/restrict international trade for Turkey. I
will explain this using the key terms, these key terms are: free trade; barriers to trade; embargoes;
quotas; tariffs; economic blocs, eg European Union; World Trade Organization (WTO)
A big part in international trade is the opportunity to trade without any quotas, barriers and tariffs,
this is called free trade. For a country as Turkey free trade is very hard partly because they aren’t part
of the European Union . But the EU has an agreement with Turkey, this agreement says that no
import duties have to be payed if that certain product is produced within Turkey or the EU. The
products also have to have an ART-certificate and because this certificate takes a long time to apply
companies often chose to pay import duties ( source ), this agreement is there to encourage
international trade for Turkey. So for example when the Netherlands sell a product to Germany for
e.g. no import duties have to be payed, but when Turkey wants to sell the same product to Germany
import duties have to be payed, this is called a tariff. So despite this agreement the international
trade isn’t stimulated because the certificates take too much time to get hold of.
When a product is made in a country it has to be according to that country it’s legislation on product
safety and reliability this means that the product is save according to the government in that
particular country. But this doesn’t mean that it’s save according to another country it’s government.
This can make international trading harder, so for example: if a Turkish company produces colouring
pencils for little children and these are save according to the Turkish government, so they would to
sell these pencils abroad, they have to be tested by for example the Dutch government on the safety
and reliability, and approved before these pencils are allowed to be sold in The Netherlands .
The world trade organisation (WTO) is there to promote free trade, they try to do this by helping
with trade negotiations and helping to settle arguments between countries to prevent embargoes.
Russia as a big country has a lot of influence on countries like Turkey. So when Turkey does
something that Russia doesn’t like for example shooting down a Russian fighter jet which flew above
Turkey, Russia put up an embargo against Turkey. With this embargo Russia won’t sell any vegetables
and fruit to Turkey. A purpose of using an embargo is to isolate a country, so embargoes restrict
international trade, this is based on the following source .
So for Turkey international trade is difficult, this is because they aren’t a member of an international
free trade organisation. Turkey also has an embargo from Russia which makes importing goods more
difficult. This means that Turkey and it’s international companies have to work harder and go
through a longer process to be able to sell products internationally.
will explain this using the key terms, these key terms are: free trade; barriers to trade; embargoes;
quotas; tariffs; economic blocs, eg European Union; World Trade Organization (WTO)
A big part in international trade is the opportunity to trade without any quotas, barriers and tariffs,
this is called free trade. For a country as Turkey free trade is very hard partly because they aren’t part
of the European Union . But the EU has an agreement with Turkey, this agreement says that no
import duties have to be payed if that certain product is produced within Turkey or the EU. The
products also have to have an ART-certificate and because this certificate takes a long time to apply
companies often chose to pay import duties ( source ), this agreement is there to encourage
international trade for Turkey. So for example when the Netherlands sell a product to Germany for
e.g. no import duties have to be payed, but when Turkey wants to sell the same product to Germany
import duties have to be payed, this is called a tariff. So despite this agreement the international
trade isn’t stimulated because the certificates take too much time to get hold of.
When a product is made in a country it has to be according to that country it’s legislation on product
safety and reliability this means that the product is save according to the government in that
particular country. But this doesn’t mean that it’s save according to another country it’s government.
This can make international trading harder, so for example: if a Turkish company produces colouring
pencils for little children and these are save according to the Turkish government, so they would to
sell these pencils abroad, they have to be tested by for example the Dutch government on the safety
and reliability, and approved before these pencils are allowed to be sold in The Netherlands .
The world trade organisation (WTO) is there to promote free trade, they try to do this by helping
with trade negotiations and helping to settle arguments between countries to prevent embargoes.
Russia as a big country has a lot of influence on countries like Turkey. So when Turkey does
something that Russia doesn’t like for example shooting down a Russian fighter jet which flew above
Turkey, Russia put up an embargo against Turkey. With this embargo Russia won’t sell any vegetables
and fruit to Turkey. A purpose of using an embargo is to isolate a country, so embargoes restrict
international trade, this is based on the following source .
So for Turkey international trade is difficult, this is because they aren’t a member of an international
free trade organisation. Turkey also has an embargo from Russia which makes importing goods more
difficult. This means that Turkey and it’s international companies have to work harder and go
through a longer process to be able to sell products internationally.
