Automated identification systems that use particular physical characteristics to distinguish one person from another and can be used to identify criminals or provide identity authentication is known as:

 The correct answer is :  Biometrics

Explanation:  Biometrics is the measurement and statistical analysis of behavior and physical characteristics that correspond to each person. The equipment consists of a reader or scanner, a software to convert the scanned data into a standard digital format and a database to store the biometric information for later comparison.

trade regulation is a field of law, often bracketed with antitrust (as in the phrase “antitrust and trade regulation law”), including government regulation of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive business acts or practices. antitrust law is often considered a subset of trade regulation law. franchise and distribution law, consumer protection law, and advertising law are sometimes considered parts of trade regulation law.

in general the theory of economics says that the more open to trade a country is the better   the result for the same country and the whole economies.

in real life countries impose taxes, quotas, etc which is not so good for the economies.

this kind of commercial war between the usa and china is slowing down the growth of the whole world so we can say that it is a draw back of trade regulations. and the free trade agreements are benefits of trade regulations.