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protective tariff
A tariff is a tax on imports A protective Tariff is a tax on imports to protect an industry in your country by making the imported goods more expensive and less attractive to the consumer. A successful use of this can be seen in the history of Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
The South did not benefit from protective tariffs because most of their goods were bought from England. Northern factory owners, however, had an increase in sales because British goods were more expensive with the tariff.
It was Alexander Hamilton who urged Congress to pass a protective tariff to encourage the growth of manufacturing. Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
A PROTECTIVE tariff is intended to artificially inflate prices of imports and protect domestic industries from foreign competition.
Protective tariffs
This would be used in order to keep jobs in your own country. When the tariffs are in place, it makes it more difficult and more expensive for the company to send the jobs overseas.
protective tariff
A high tariff to limit foreign competition is called a protective tariff.
Sometimes a country suffering from a protective tariff will enact a tariff of its own on a product.
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A high tariff that limits foreign competition is a protective tariff.
The protective Tariff of 1816 is also known as the Dallas Tariff. It is noteworthy because it marks the first time that congress passed a tariff to protect American manufacturers instead of just to raise money.