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

Madison opposed Hamilton’s “Report on Manufactures,” but when he was president in 1816, Congress adopted its first protective tariff to encourage American industry.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

So it’s understandable that officials are considering implementing a protective tariff on solar panel imports to try to level the playing field.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2017

But a protective tariff risks undoing that cost-cutting edge.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2017

The protective tariff is perhaps the oldest example of this point.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Among the political theories to which Clay clung most closely, only the belief in a bank ranked higher in his estimation than his devotion to a protective tariff.

From Thomas Hart Benton by Roosevelt, Theodore