Download or read book National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (25th Ed. ) written by Ron Kirk and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. This annual report presents an inventory of the most important foreign barriers affecting U.S. exports of goods and services, foreign direct investment by U.S. persons, and protection of intellectual property rights. Such an inventory facilitates negotiations aimed at reducing or eliminating these barriers. The report also provides a valuable tool in enforcing U.S. trade laws, with the goal of expanding global trade and strengthening the rules-based trading system, which benefits all nations, and U.S. producers and consumers in particular. The report provides quantitative estimates of the impact of these foreign practices on the value of U.S. exports. Includes info. on some of the actions taken to eliminate foreign trade barriers. Charts and tables.