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National treatment

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003358

A principle in international law and trade agreements requiring a country to treat foreign goods, services, or intellectual property no less favorably than it treats its own domestic equivalents. This aims to prevent protectionist policies that discriminate against foreign products once they have entered the domestic market. The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements widely incorporate this principle.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003358
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003358",
  "term": "National treatment",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A principle in international law and trade agreements requiring a country to treat foreign goods, services, or intellectual property no less favorably than it treats its own domestic equivalents. This aims to prevent protectionist policies that discriminate against foreign products once they have entered the domestic market. The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements widely incorporate this principle.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/national-treatment/"
}

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