This would cause undesirable economic problems for the factors of production involved, therefore an orderly marketing arrangement may be implemented to deal with the spike in imports.
Protectionist strategies implemented under orderly marketing arrangements include import quotas, export-supply management, and the monitoring of trade flows.
[4] Voluntary restraint agreements and orderly marketing arrangements are considered grey area measures and have been banned by the World Trade Organization since 1995.
[1] The United States alone has applied orderly marketing arrangements to the import of textiles, steel, automobiles, electronics and shoes.
Voluntary restraint agreements are not legally binding and are used by the exporting country to avoid bigger trade problems.