When a government uses measures like tariffs and import quotas, it is called   

A. ethnocentrism.
B. free trade.
C. a trade bloc.
D. an embargo.
E. trade protectionism.


E. trade protectionism.

Countries often use trade protectionism, which is the use of government regulations to limit the import of goods and services, to protect their domestic industries against foreign competition. Tariffs, embargoes, and import quotas are among the measures used in protectionism.

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