# Protectionism

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## Definition

All measures taken by a state with the aim of controlling foreign trade, usually with the intention of - providing protection from foreign competition for individual sectors of the economy or - achieving a balanced balance of payments. - See eighteen hundred and nineteen crisis, prohibitive system, ring fencing, imbalances, worldwide. - See ECB Monthly Bulletin, September 2009, pp. 17 ff. (risks of protectionism; references); ECB Monthly Bulletin, August 2010, pp. 101 ff. (detailed account of trade in the euro area), pp. 113 f. (covert forms of protectionism; references); ECB Monthly Bulletin, July 2013, pp. 95 ff. (creeping protectionism worldwide; many overviews). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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