open door

Examples

• All

• Without political stability, domestic construction is impossible, let alone an open door policy.

  Academic text (1993)

• In the end, China's open door cannot be closed whether the current leadership would like to or not.

  Academic text (1992)

• Without this power, both reform and open door policies are impossible.

  Academic text (1993)

• Instead of seeking "physical" control of international markets, the United States government sought "open door" access to markets.

  Academic text (1996)

• At first, Lee continued his predecessor's open-door policy toward the mainland.

  Academic text (1999)

• Southeast Asian countries, of course, are not exceptions, especially after their open-door policies for foreign investments were initiated.

  Academic text (2002)

• Despite Deng Xiaoping's initial contribution to the open-door policy, it may be time to replace the old guard.

  Academic text (1990)

• In this connection, Sadat instituted infitah, an "open door" economic policy encouraging Western investments.

  Academic text (1995)

• President Sadat's open-door economic policy is blamed for actuating broad income inequalities.

  Academic text (1991)

• The open door policy in the late 19th century facilitated international trade with China.

Synonyms

O

open-door policy

vsopen door

1 4.3

A way of allowing foreign companies to trade on the same terms as local companies

is the historical term used for China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Antonyms

P

protectionism

17 7.0

A government policy that helps local businesses by making foreign goods more expensive or limiting imports

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