protectionist
Domestic industry defender
Protectionist describes policies or attitudes favoring trade barriers—tariffs, quotas, import restrictions—to shield domestic industries from foreign competition: protectionist measures, protectionist sentiment.
A protectionist is someone who advocates such policies.
The term often carries negative connotations in free-trade discourse, implying economic shortsightedness: The candidate's protectionist rhetoric alarmed trading partners.
Official prohibition on trade
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- licensingGranting official permission
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
Trade policy favoring exports
- autarkyComplete economic independence
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- subventionFinancial support from authority
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
- anti-globalizationOpposition to worldwide economic integration
nationalist · xenophobic · Brexit · inward-looking · lobby · rust-belt · blue-collar
Vertical enclosing structure
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- blockadeSealing off a place
- restrictionLimit on action
limitation · prohibition · exclusion · impediment · curtailment · screen · cordon · checkpoint
Countering below-cost imports
- countervailingOffsetting with opposing force
- prohibitivePreventing through excess
- preferentialGiven special advantage
- most-favored-nationOptimal trade status granted
dumping · surcharge · levy · assessment · schedule · rate · bound · applied
embargo
Official prohibition on trade
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- licensingGranting official permission
mercantilism
Trade policy favoring exports
- autarkyComplete economic independence
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
isolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
anti-globalization · nationalist · xenophobic · Brexit · inward-looking · lobby · rust-belt · blue-collar
wall
Vertical enclosing structure
restriction · limitation · prohibition · exclusion · impediment · curtailment · screen · cordon · checkpoint · gatekeeper
anti-dumping
Countering below-cost imports
- countervailingOffsetting with opposing force
- prohibitivePreventing through excess
- preferentialGiven special advantage
most-favored-nation · dumping · surcharge · levy · assessment · schedule · rate · bound · applied · specific
- policy adjectivesfiscal, domestic, foreign, federal, national
- Political Ideologistssocialist, communist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- nationalistspatriot, nationalist, ultranationalist, ethnonationalist, flag waver
protectionistfree trader
Open-borders commerce advocate
free marketeer · nonprotectionist · globalist · internationalist · neoliberal
protectionistneoliberal
Pro-privatization economic stance
libertarian · classical liberal · deregulator · liberal · laissez-faire