protective tariff
noun
: a tariff intended primarily to protect domestic producers rather than to yield revenue
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According to the White House website on presidents, McKinley, who served two terms as governor of Ohio before becoming president in 1897, led the country to victory in the Spanish-American War and raised protective tariffs to promote U.S. industry.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
University of Michigan political economist Henry Carter Adams, a pioneering scholar of American public finance, argued that the protective tariff was based on an outdated political and social theory.
—Ajay K. Mehrotra / Made By History, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
For William McKinley, whose presidency bridged the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, and his fellow Republicans, the protective tariff functioned as the central icon in their pantheon.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
The benefits of a protective tariff far outweighed any harm caused by the new income tax or its interaction with excise taxes.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Saginaw County in political spotlight Immigration and protective tariffs on foreign goods are major topics as former President Donald Trump arrives in Saginaw County today for the third visit by a presidential candidate in four years.
—Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2024
Biden may decide to eliminate some of Trump’s protective tariffs, particularly on U.S. allies, but there is little public appetite for making market liberalization a mainstay of U.S. statecraft once again.
—Charles A. Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2021
There’s this tension, because on the one hand, as Erik said, there are Republicans who like protective tariffs.
—Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
Nations around the world — but particularly in the motor economies of Europe — began throwing up their own protective tariff shields.
—David A. Andelman For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 30 Aug. 2019
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
University of Michigan political economist Henry Carter Adams, a pioneering scholar of American public finance, argued that the protective tariff was based on an outdated political and social theory.
—Ajay K. Mehrotra / Made By History, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
For William McKinley, whose presidency bridged the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, and his fellow Republicans, the protective tariff functioned as the central icon in their pantheon.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
The benefits of a protective tariff far outweighed any harm caused by the new income tax or its interaction with excise taxes.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Saginaw County in political spotlight Immigration and protective tariffs on foreign goods are major topics as former President Donald Trump arrives in Saginaw County today for the third visit by a presidential candidate in four years.
—Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2024
Biden may decide to eliminate some of Trump’s protective tariffs, particularly on U.S. allies, but there is little public appetite for making market liberalization a mainstay of U.S. statecraft once again.
—Charles A. Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2021
There’s this tension, because on the one hand, as Erik said, there are Republicans who like protective tariffs.
—Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
Nations around the world — but particularly in the motor economies of Europe — began throwing up their own protective tariff shields.
—David A. Andelman For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 30 Aug. 2019
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“Protective tariff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protective%20tariff. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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