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Protectionists meaning
plural of protectionist
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Using plans opposed by "environmentalists, local ranchers, protectionists, and Native American tribes", the company seeks to make billions of dollars in profits from selling groundwater from places like the Mohave Desert to thirsty California cities.
They represent a myriad of ideas unthinkable in most Arab elections, pitting secular liberals against moderate Islamists, free traders against economic protectionists and supporters of the 2011 revolution against those of the old regime.
Cohn's departure came a week before Rex Tillerson -- another free market advocate, or "globalist" to use the dismissive label favored by the protectionists in Trump's camp -- was pushed out as secretary of state.
Directionally, a consensus has been reached, with both free traders and protectionists in apparent agreement that they will cause harm to both jobs and the overall economy.
The debate over the tariffs reportedly pitted protectionists such as trade advisor Peter Navarro and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross against more globalist voices like chief economic advisor Gary Cohn.
U.S. protectionists have long complained that the deal has resulted in more imports to the U.S. from South Korea.
Disraeli who had attended the Protectionists dinner at the Merchant Taylors Hall, joined Bentinck in speaking and voting for the bill, although his own speech was a standard one of toleration.
Nevins, 470–473 Hill united the anti-Cleveland elements of the Democratic party—silverites, protectionists, and Tammany Hall—but was unable to create a coalition large enough to deny Cleveland the nomination.
Protectionists within the British Empire used the McKinley Tariff to argue for tariff retaliation and imperial trade preference.
Such a change from ad-valorem to specific duties is in itself by no means objectionable; but it has usually been made a pretext on the part of protectionists for a considerable increase in the actual duties paid.
When protectionists make a change of this kind, they almost invariably make the specific duties higher than the ad-valorem duties for which they are supposed to be an equivalent.