Reciprocity and Protectionism in Australia’s Trade Policy
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Trade Protectionism If we had a situation where these [steel workers] were our constituents and someone was breaking in their house and raping and robbing and pillaging them, we would want to send in a policeman to do something. In this instance, they [importers of foreign steel] are just coming in and taking their future, they are taking their jobs, they are taking all of their dreams away. … ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1322-1833,1447-4735
DOI: 10.22459/ag.04.02.1997.01