Talk:Customs war

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Toll war refers to a type of economical conflict between two or more states. In order to presure one of the states, the other raises taxes or tolls for some of the products of that state. As a reprisal, the latter state may also increase the toll rates.

One of the latest toll wars happened in 1920's and 1930's between Germany and Poland. The earlier state, enraged with the Polish ownership of large parts of the province of Silesia, increased the tolls for coal and steel products developed there. As a reprisal, the Poles increased toll rates for many German products. This led to fast development of the port of Gdynia, which was the only way Poland could export its goods to Western Europe without having to transport them through Germany.

To avoid toll wars which are considered harmful to world's economy, World Trade Organization was created.

Tis was tagged as a stub, but actually adds nothing substantive to Tariff and is in any case not (as far as I can tell) the usual term for tariff wars. - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] :: AfD? 12:03, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Well, I read through the article on Tariff and I don't see any mention of the toll war being one of the international sanctions, which is what this article describes. Also, that article explains the phenomenon of tariffs as such and not the international aspect. So, for now I'm reverting. Feel free to move it to some better title you think of. Halibutt 12:31, 11 November 2005 (UTC)