High-income industrial nations such as the United States and Japan tend to have their highest tariffs in

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High-income industrial nations tend to protect their domestic agriculture, clothing, and textiles industries by imposing high tariffs to limit competition from foreign producers. This is because these industries are typically labor-intensive and therefore more vulnerable to low-wage competition from developing countries. Newer, high-technology manufacturing industries and capital-intensive, diversified manufacturing industries are less likely to face this competition and may be more competitive in global markets, so they often have lower tariffs or no tariffs at all.

High-Income Industrial Nations Such as the United States and Japan