{"id":"FOR-037","kind":"context","level":"foreign","jurisdiction":"Multinational (WTO Secretariat information note)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"World Trade Organization Secretariat","authority":"WTO Secretariat information note (not a legal instrument)","instrument":"Export Prohibitions and Restrictions: Information Note (Apr. 23, 2020)","title":"Export prohibitions and restrictions","dateIssued":"2020-04-23","effective":"n/a (report)","end":"n/a","startDate":"2020-04-23","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SUPPLY"],"addressees":["WTO Members"],"clause":"\u0027The information available thus far suggests that 80 countries and separate customs territories have introduced export prohibitions or restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including 46 WTO members (72 if EU member states are counted individually) and eight non-WTO members. Most of these have been described as temporary measures.\u0027 \u0027The products covered by these new export prohibitions and restrictions vary considerably; most have focused on medical supplies (e.g. facemasks and shields), pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.\u0027","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["SC PPE, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment for every U.S. employer that needed them to operate under State orders"],"notes":"The count is the scale figure for the foreign export-control layer; cite with unit and as-of date (80 countries and customs territories as of Apr. 23, 2020).","sourceUrl":"https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/covid19_e/export_prohibitions_report_e.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":329082,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FOR","url":"/library/FOR-037","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FOR-037","citation":"World Trade Organization Secretariat, Export Prohibitions and Restrictions: Information Note (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. FOR-037)","stateName":"","related":[]}