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Protectionism

Protectionism, sometimes referred to as trade protectionism, is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations. Proponents argue that protectionist policies shield the producers, businesses, and workers of the import-competing…

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Protectionism

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related to Protectionist policies · 31
Protectionism → Administrative, An, Anti-dumping, Berne, Buy American, Buy American Act, Countries, Direct, Doing, Dumping, Exchange, Export, Government, However, International, One, Originally, Paris, Peter Drahos, Political
related to Further reading · 22
Protectionism → America's Protectionist Takeoff, Economic Perspectives, Feenstra, Helen, How Costly Is Protectionism, Hudson, ISBN, ISLET, Journal, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Michael, Milner, New Jersey, Political Economy, Princeton, Princeton University Press, Resisting, Robert
related to Armed conflicts · 16
Protectionism → According, American Revolution, British, China, European, For, Frédéric Bastiat, Keeley, Lawrence, On, Once, Proponents, The Opium Wars, UK, War Before Civilization, When
related to Current world trends · 13
Protectionism → Adherence, April, Buy American, Certain, Common Agricultural Policy, European Union, First World, G20, Global Trade Alert, Heads, London, United States, We
related to history · 10
Protectionism → According, Adam Smith, Adam Smith's, British, Douglas Irwin, Friedrich List, In, Kevin O'Rourke, Regional, Smith
related to Latin America · 10
Protectionism → During World War, Following, Latin America, Latin American, Most Latin American, Spanish Cuba, Spanish Puerto Rico, The, They, World Wars
has impact · 7
Protectionism → Economist Stephen, However, Magee, Mainstream, The, There, Without
related to External links · 7
Protectionism → Edmund Janes, Encyclopædia Britannica, Media, Protection, Vol, Wikimedia CommonsJames, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 1
Protectionism → minor source of allocative inefficiency

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Protectionismis aminor source of allocative inefficiency0.90text
tariffs on imported goodsinstance ofis the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods0.80text
import quotasinstance ofis the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods0.80text
and a variety of other government regulationsinstance ofis the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods0.80text
intellectual propertyinstance ofothers point out that free trade agreements often have protectionist provisions0.80text
copyrightinstance ofothers point out that free trade agreements often have protectionist provisions0.80text
and patent restrictions that benefit large corporationsinstance ofothers point out that free trade agreements often have protectionist provisions0.80text
the Netherlandsinstance ofwith the exceptions being smaller countries0.80text
Denmark.Europe increasingly liberalized its trade during the 19th centuryinstance ofwith the exceptions being smaller countries0.80text
the Netherlandsinstance ofCountries0.80text
Denmarkinstance ofCountries0.80text
Portugalinstance ofCountries0.80text

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