Examples Impact of travel barriers (time to travel, costs of travel)
Goods with services requirements
  • Industrial engineering
  • Engines for aircraft, ships, or trains
Barriers to provision of supplementary/tied services may reduce goods exports.
Most other goods
  • Food products
  • Consumer durables
  • Standardized intermediate goods
Little effect on existing trade relations Barriers to sales representatives travelling likely to inhibit development of new export relations.
Services, Mode 1 (cross border supply)
  • Digital services
Substitution of travel-dependent services likely to increase digital services, e.g., in education or consultancy.
Services, Mode 2 (consumption abroad)
  • Tourism
  • Education
Barriers to clients reaching service providers likely to reduce tourism and international students.
Services, Mode 3 (intra-firm exchanges)
  • Banks, insurance, financial and business professional services
Reduced movement of people likely to change headquarters/subsidiaries relationships, possibility towards more autonomy, but with ambiguous effect on volume of services provided.
Services, Mode 4 (presence of a natural person)
  • Consultants
  • Construction
Barriers to service providers reaching clients likely to reduce service exports.