Government regulation in the economy is usually associated with numerous prohibitions and restrictions that apply to foreign manufacturers that compete with domestic ones. Such a policy is commonly called protectionism.
Protectionism is often associated with the principled policy of the leadership of a state or country, the main feature of which is the powerful support of the interests of local producers through tight, almost total control over the import of foreign goods into the territory. This also includes other measures of a financial nature on the competitiveness of different groups of goods and services, these include regulation and widespread price control at the level of state power.
Protectionism is divided into total and selective; these types exist depending on the scope of protection policies of various industries. Among other things, both sectoral and general or collective protectionism are often distinguished, there is also latent, or implicit, corruption and even "green" protectionism associated with the use of generally accepted principles of environmental law in the interests of the state.
It is interesting that protectionism as a concept appeared in the 17th century during the powerful rise of European countries of their domestic production, as one of the main ways to achieve a positive budget balance.
Russia adopted the experience of other countries only in the 19-20 century, introducing a huge range of various measures, such as tightening state duties and taxes for foreigners, which mainly led to a serious development of production, however, it caused the poor quality of many domestic goods.
