Number of protectionist trade measures in Latin America 2021

Between 2009 and 2020, Argentina implemented 821 protectionist trade intervention policy measures, which were likely to constitute discrimination against foreign commercial interests. As of 2020, both Argentina and Brazil were in the top ten of countries implementing most of such measures globally.

Number of protectionist trade intervention policy measures implemented in selected countries in Latin America between 2009 and 2021

Characteristic	Number of policy interventions
Brazil	900
Argentina	821
Mexico	222
Chile	119
Colombia	113
Venezuela	78
Peru	49

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Release date

December 2021

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

2009 to 2021

Special properties

measures that may involve or almost certainly do involve discrimination against foreign commercial interests

Supplementary notes

The source states that time series information should be treated with caution as there is often a time lag in reporting. As a result, documentation of policy interventions is greater in earlier periods.

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