Popović Petrović, Ivana Abstract: The role of international trade was irreplaceable at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, especially the trade in medical supplies and food for all affected countries. Trade as a part of this crisis, certainly should not be an element of further countries` closing and new trade barriers implementation. On the contrary, it could be a way to exceed these problems, especially if all participants in the trade point out the same aims of the normal trading during the pandemic crisis and implementation of Trade Facilitation Agreement provisions. The effects of Trade Policy measures during the COVID-19 crisis and their relation with the Trade Facilitation Agreement were analyzed in this paper. Trade measures applied at the beginning of the crisis have dual character, trade facilitating and trade restricting. This paper highlights the tariff reduction and non-tariff barriers decrease, as possible approaches for the trade policy. The aim of this paper is to show the extent to which the TF agreement, ratified recently, could be applied during the time of the pandemic. This paper provides an overview of a number of trade policy measures that have slowed down the implementation of this agreement. It also points out the role of this agreement, as one of the most important instruments that could be used to expedite the movement of goods, which is especially necessary during the pandemic. Apstrakt: Uloga međunarodne trgovine bila je nezamenljiva na početku krize izazvane pandemijom KOVID-19, posebno kada je u pitanju trgovina medicinskim proizvodima i hranom, za sve pogođene zemlje. Međunarodna trgovina, kao deo ove krize, svakako nije element koji vodi do daljeg zatvaranja zemalja i uvođenja novih trgovinskih barijera. Naprotiv, upravo bi međunarodna trgovina mogla biti sredstvo da se prevaziđu ovi problemi, posebno ako svi učesnici u međunarodnoj trgovini ističu značaj istih ciljeva, poput odvijanja normalnih trgovinskih tokova tokom pandemijske krize i implementacije odredaba Sporazuma o olakšavanju trgovine. Ovaj rad ispituje efekte mera spoljnotrgovinske politike tokom KOVID-19 krize, kao i njihovu usklađenost sa Sporazumom o olakšavanju trgovine. Mere spoljnotrgovinske politike koje su primenjene na početku krize imaju dvostruki karakter, olakšavaju međunarodnu trgovinu, ali je neke od njih mogu i ograničavati. Ovaj rad ističe moguće pristupe spoljnotrgovinske politike u vidu smanjenja nivoa carina i smanjenja necarinskih barijera. Cilj ovog rada je da pokaže u kojoj meri bi se nedavno ratifikovani Sporazum o olakšavanju trgovine mogao primeniti u vreme pandemije. U ovom radu dat je pregled brojnih mera spoljnotrgovinske politike, koje su ipak usporile primenu ovog Sporazuma. Ukazano je i na ulogu upravo ovog Sporazuma kao jednog od važnih instrumenata koji bi se mogao iskoristiti za ubrzanje kretanja robe, što je posebno neophodno tokom pandemije. This paper is a result of scientific project "The role of contemporary management and marketing methods in improvement of competitiveness of companies in Serbia within the process of its Integration to the European Union" (No. 179062), conducted by Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, financed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia Trade facilitation during COVID-19 pandemic 2022 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:29760 doi:10.2478/ethemes-2022-0017 ISSN: 0353-8648 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/at/legalcode Keywords: trade facilitation; non-tariff measures; tariff reduction; trade liberalization; trade restrictions; COVID-19 pandemic. Ključne reči: Olakšavanje međunarodne trgovine, necarinske mere, snižavanje carina, spoljnotrgovinska liberalizacija, spoljnotrgovinska ograničenja, KOVID-19 pandemija Economic themes 60(3) info:eu-repo/semantics/review application/pdf 357153 bytes eng