Most-favored-nation in the United States

Most-favored-nation duty rates

Find more information on Most-favored-nation duty rates in relation to the Labeling Requirements Trade Regulations in the legal Encyclopedias.

Most-favored-nation and the International Trade Law

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• Most-favored-nation entry in the Dictionary of International Trade Law (Raj Bhala)
• Most-favored-nation entry in the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (Thomas Carson; Mary Bonk)
• Most-favored-nation entry in the Dictionary of International Trade
• Most-favored-nation entry in the Dictionary of International Trade: Handbook of the Global Trade Community (Edward G. Hinkelman)

Most-favored Nation (mfn) in the International Business Landscape

Definition of Most-favored Nation (mfn) in the context of U.S. international business and public trade policy: The principle of nondiscrimination in international trade. For a nation, receiving “most favored” treatment from another means that the products it exports are subject to tariffs no greater than those imposed on imports from any other country. Under GATT Article I all contracting parties pledge most-favored nation treatment to one another. NIFN is frequently circumvented by voluntary export restraints (VERs), however, and preferences (GSP) constitute an exception to MFN. So do free trade agreements (FTAs) between to or more nations.