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Marine Mammal Protection ActThe 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.Similar MatchesNominal rate of protectionNominal rate of protectionThe 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 protectionContingent protectionAdministered protection. Employment argument for protectionEmployment argument for protectionThe 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 protectionCultural argument for protectionThe 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 protectionTariff protectionProtection provided by a tariff. Further SuggestionsDomestic distortions argument for protectionPolitical 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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