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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protective tariff

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

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Congress felt especially assertive and approved a number of measures that Republicans had once spurned as unconstitutional, especially a national bank and a protective tariff, while nearly adopting a national policy on internal improvements.

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

New England also changed her attitude; and when the protective tariff bill of 1828 came up, its opponents and supporters were sharply divided by sectional lines.

From Thomas Hart Benton by Theodore Roosevelt