"hinder trade" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe when something is preventing trade from taking place. For example: "Strict regulations are hindering trade between these two countries."
Bad roads and obstructive officials hinder trade at least as much.
Business chafes at the manifold non-tariff barriers that hinder trade among the country's ten provinces and three territories.
Lamy expressed concerns that attempts by countries to manipulate their currencies could hinder trade and foster protectionism.
"They should not be so excessive or complex such that they hinder trade, investment and innovation," she said.
No doubt the sanction does hinder trade between the two countries, but, through a complicated series of licenses and loopholes, the shelves of Havana are still stocked with Coca-Cola, and the residents can nonetheless put down their cigars and pick up packs of Marlboro or Pall Mall.
And in hundreds of pages of comments filed last week with the Commerce Department, industries as varied as winemaking and long-haul trucking identified dozens of smaller hurdles — including regulatory barriers and a shortage of customs officers — that they claim hinder trade.
The control exerted by insurgents can hinder trades, which is accounted for by decreasing the level of economical development based on the insurgents' control at a rate of 0.1.
— Eric Asimov The Village Voice: The United States and the European Union move to align conflicting organic-food policies that have hindered trade.
Other barriers, however, that may be equally effective in hindering trade include import quotas, taxes, and diverse means of subsidizing domestic industries.
Business has welcomed Macri's removal of export taxes on soy and other major agricultural exports, coupled with the removal of foreign exchange controls that hindered trade and financial transactions.
Mr. Calderón warned that hindering trade would harm Mexico's economy, leave North America uncompetitive and intensify pressure on immigrants to seek work in the United States, another volatile political issue.
