| 单词 | imperial preference |
| 释义 | > as lemmasimperial preference imperial preference n. now historical a system of tariff concessions granted by members of the British Empire or (in later use) the British Commonwealth to one another. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on imported goods > systems of national policy1870 imperial preference1895 flag discrimination1928 1895 E. Burgis Perils to Brit. Trade xx. 248 Foreign States which have been partially exploited under our Free Trade policy are..under a policy of wise Protection and Imperial preference on our part, dependent upon the British market for the consumption of their vast surplusses. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 1016/2 At the end of April [1917] Mr. Bonar Law announced..that the Imperial War Cabinet had accepted the principle of Imperial Preference. 1958 Listener 18 Sept. 407/2 Both [sc. Australia and New Zealand] have sought to give foreign suppliers a better competitive position in their own markets by reducing imperial preferences to oil the wheels of reciprocity. 2000 I. Clark Governance, State Regulation, & Industr. Relations i. 8 A series of agreements running from the 1941 Atlantic Charter..to the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement..committed the UK to ending preferential trade arrangements such as Imperial Preference. < as lemmas |
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