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  1. A national economic policy which aims at 
  2. achieving self-sufficiency and eliminating 
  3. the need for imports (by imposing tariffs, 
  4. for example).  Such a goal may be difficult,
  5. if not impossible, for a small country.
  6. Countries that take protectionist measures
  7. and try to prevent free trade are sometimes
  8. described as autarchical.
  9.  
  10. Subject by: Russell Webb
  11.