tariff walls
Import tax blockades
Tariff walls are trade barriers created by imposing high import duties on foreign goods.
Countries erect tariff walls to protect domestic industries from competition: The tariff wall made imported steel prohibitively expensive.
The metaphor suggests a fortification—something built to keep things out.
Often appears in discussions of protectionism versus free trade.
- protectionismShielding local producers
- economic nationalismFavoring domestic over foreign commerce
- import dutiesTaxes on incoming goods
- trade barriersRestrictions on cross-border commerce
- protective barrierStructure preventing harm access
quotas · customs · embargo · sanctions · blockade · isolationism · smuggling · border · closed borders · checkpoint · fortress · shield · barricade · retaliation · trade war · dumping · subsidies · mercantilism
tariff wallsfree trade
Unrestricted international exchange
free trade agreements · open borders · open trade · open markets · free markets
tariff wallsopen markets
Unrestricted commercial exchanges
free entry · duty-free zones · free ports · free trade zones · common markets
tariff wallsglobalization
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
free trade zones · economic integration · multilateralism · common markets