Marine Mammal Protection Act


 

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Marine Mammal Protection Act

The 1972 U.S. law prohibiting the "taking" (harassing, hunting, capturing, or killing) of marine mammals, and also prohibiting the import of any marine mammal product or any fish that has been associated with the taking of marine mammals. See tune-dolphin case.



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Nominal rate of protection

Nominal rate of protection

The protection afforded an industry directly by the tariff and/or NTB on its output, ignoring effects of other trade barriers on the industry's inputs. Contrasts with the ERP.


Contingent protection

Contingent protection

Administered protection.


Employment argument for protection

Employment argument for protection

The use of a tariff or other trade restriction to promote employment, either in the economy at large or in a particular industry. This is a second best argument, since other policies -- such as a fiscal stimulus or a production subsidy -- could achieve the same effect at lower economic cost.


Cultural argument for protection

Cultural argument for protection

The view that imports undermine a country's culture and identity -- for example by changing consumption patterns to ones more similar to those abroad, or by reducing demands for domestically produced art and music -- and therefore that imports should be restricted.


Tariff protection

Tariff protection

Protection provided by a tariff.


Further Suggestions

Domestic distortions argument for protection
Political economy of protection
Call protection
Labor standards argument for protection
Domestic content protection
Balance of payments argument for protection
Infant industry protection
Payment protection insurance
Content protection
Fairness argument for protection
Labor standards argument for protection
Deposit Protection Scheme
loan protection policy
Building Societies Investor Protection Scheme
Safeguards protection
National defense argument for protection
Externalities argument for protection
Self-sufficiency argument for protection
Protectionism
Retirement Protection Act of 1994
Foreign investment argument for protection
Import protection
Effective protection
Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968
court of protection


 
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