TRADE PROTECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trade protection mean? 

• TRADE PROTECTION (noun)
  The noun TRADE PROTECTION has 1 sense:

1. the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition

  Familiarity information: TRADE PROTECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRADE PROTECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

protection; trade protection

Context example:

he made trade protection a plank in the party platform

Hypernyms ("trade protection" is a kind of...):

imposition; infliction (the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo))