protective tariff

British  

noun

1. a tariff levied on imports to protect the domestic economy rather than to raise revenue

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protective tariff Cultural  

1. A duty imposed on imports to raise their price, making them less attractive to consumers and thus protecting domestic industries from foreign competition.

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Example Sentences

The president’s allies point to his confrontation with China over economic policy, as well as modest growth in some of the domestic industries he has shielded with protective tariffs.

From Washington Post

“High protective tariffs, although they might increase the profits of capital, are to the poor and the poorest of the poor a cursed engine of robbery and oppression,” he said in a 1904 speech.

From Los Angeles Times

Researcher Bruce Wilson described it to me as “rebuilding infrastructure, protective tariffs, securing borders and stopping immigration, neutralizing designated internal enemies and isolationism.”

From Salon

Nor did new protective tariffs cause the surge.

From New York Times

Everyone can point to a factory saved by a protective tariff.

From Washington Times