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Definition of Protective tariff
1. Noun. A tariff imposed to protect domestic firms from import competition.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protective Tariff
Literary usage of Protective tariff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1904)
"A protective tariff is a question regarding the enhancement of the profits of
capital. That is its object, and not to augment the wages of labor, ..."
2. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1903)
"The act of 1816 has been held by those who deny the protective character of the
act of 1789 to be the first protective tariff. Was it, then, a protective ..."
3. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1903)
"The act of 1816 has been held by those who deny the protective character of the
act of 1789 to be the first protective tariff. Was it, then, a protective ..."
4. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Mangold, G: B: Labor argument in the American protective tariff discussion, pa.
... Am. protective tariff league. Defender documents, comprising the Issues ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"Under the tariff of 1807, that flrst protective tariff law so far as wool and
the manufactures of wool were concerned, this industry grew and prospered, ..."
6. History of the United States by Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard (1921)
"THE protective tariff AND TAXATION Fluctuation in Tariff Policy. — As each of
the old parties was divided on the currency question, it is not surprising ..."
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