protectionist policy

collocation in English

meaningsofprotectionistandpolicy

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protectionist
adjective
uk
/prəˈtek.ʃən.ɪst/us
/prəˈtek.ʃən.ɪst/
relating to actions by a government to help its country's trade or industry by taxing goods bought from ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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(Definition ofprotectionistandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But whoever supposed that the object of aprotectionistpolicywas to shut out all imports?
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It is logrolling and dishonesty following in the wake of thisprotectionistpolicy, as has occurred in other countries.
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If we are to embark on thisprotectionistpolicy, let us do it thoroughly.
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There was nothing in theprotectionistpolicyof this country which made it desirable to have a duty upon any of those things.
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I do not wish in any way to argue in favour of a moreprotectionistpolicyon imports of ornamental products.
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There is really nothing very novel in thisprotectionistpolicy.
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Would not this involve him in the highestprotectionistpolicy?
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We were not responsible for aprotectionistpolicy.
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Thousands of men have been rendered idle during the last few months from the repercussions of theprotectionistpolicyof this country.
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Nevertheless, some countries are pursuing aprotectionistpolicywith regard to products such as wine, fish and agricultural produce.
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Thisprotectionistpolicyrobs poor people of income opportunities and thus of the ability to avoid starvation.
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We realise that, if the external tariff was very high, and if there was rigidprotectionistpolicy, that might make for a trade war.
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It has been dictated the whole time by their highprotectionistpolicyat home.
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It is the most awful, rigid,protectionistpolicyof all, and it is highly detrimental to the interests of this country.
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The objections which have been urged against the agreement are those which we forecasted long ago would be brought forward against any agreement entered into under aprotectionistpolicy.
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Supposing aprotectionistpolicywas adopted.
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A government that implements aprotectionistpolicyestablishes trade barriers.
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This characterization is often invoked asprotectionistpolicyas the traffic, like fifth freedom traffic, is secondary in nature to third and fourth freedom traffic.
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Aprotectionistpolicyensured a consistent nucleus of scholars and teachers.
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