Over a third of the EU's companies that export goods come up against non-tariff barriers, according to a joint report from the International Trade Centre (ITC – a WTO agency) and the European Commission, which was published on Thursday 15 December.
The report is the result of a business survey carried out by ITC in 2015 and 2016 covering more than 8,000 companies (mostly small and medium-sized enterprises – SMEs) across the 28 member states.
The report sheds new light on how non-tariff...