<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A tariff is a tax on imports or exports between sovereign states . </P> <P> According to Paul Bairoch (Myths and Paradoxes of Economic History, 1994), the industrialized world of 1913 is similar to that of 1815: "An ocean of protectionism surrounding a few liberal islets", with the exception of the United Kingdom, and a short free trade interlude in Europe between 1860 and 1892 . On the other hand, "the Third World was an ocean of liberalism without an islet of protectionism", with Western countries imposing so - called "unequal" treaties on colonized and even politically dependent countries that required the lowering of customs barriers . He notes that: "in history, free trade is the exception and protectionism the rule ". </P>

A charge on imported goods is known as what kind of tax