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 protective tariff won approval a few weeks later but internal improvements proved harder to achieve.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

To protect the struggling industries fostered by war, he asked for a mild protective tariff to make foreign imports more expensive than American manufactures.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

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

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2017

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

The war checked imports, bad harvests reduced the home supply, and a vicious protective tariff completed the work of natural causes.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon