OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32725

protectionism

/pɹəˈtɛk.ʃə.nɪ.zəm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
proteccionismo
A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.
Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat B…
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