单词 | trade war |
释义 | > as lemmastrade war trade war n. (a) a war fought over trade (rare); (b) a state of affairs in which countries try to damage each other's trade, typically by the imposition of tariffs or other trade barriers.In quot. 1811 with reference to the restrictions on British trade imposed by the Continental System during the Napoleonic Wars: see Continental System at continental adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > competition > intense competition or war trade war?1718 drug war1851 price war1895 drug fight1916 cod war1958 stamp war1963 ?1718 R. Samber tr. P.-D. Huet Mem. Dutch Trade ix. 77 Reasons of State joined to those of Trade, and the Enmity of both Parties to each other, broke out at last into an open War, which was properly speaking a Trade War [Fr. une guerre de Commerce]. 1811 J. Bristed Resources Brit. Empire 425 Among the evils of the trade-war may be enumerated the loss to France of her colonial produce. 1909 Cambr. Mod. Hist. VI. ii. 49 The tariff-war was often the precursor of the trade-war. 1917 F. P. Jones Hist. Sinn Fein Movement xxxiv. 222 She [sc. England] said she was fighting the war to save Belgium.., when, in reality, she was fighting a trade war against her most serious rival. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Mar. 2 Europe began to prepare for a possible trade war with Russia over Ukraine last night. < as lemmas |
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