trade restrictions

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National security might justify narrow trade restrictions, but tariffs have not insulated Americans from economic disruptions and have frequently made things worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

This would complicate any bid to impose trade restrictions on a single member state.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The European Union allows goods to move freely between the 27 countries in the economic bloc, which would complicate any bid to impose trade restrictions on a single member state.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Tariffs and trade restrictions also impact the chipmaking giant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

The treasury is heavily indebted, and has not sufficient income; and trade restrictions and Portuguese competition have greatly injured the commerce of the islands.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander