The following is excerpted from a 31 May 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The seventh WTO-OECD-UNCTAD report for the G-20 on trade and investment restrictions reveals that government-imposed trade and investment restrictions have not slowed and that the pace of removing such obstacles has decelerated. The accumulation of such restraints means that nearly 3% of global imports are affected while the restrictions now impact nearly 4% of G-20 trade.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/igo_31may12_e.htm