A system of tariff concessions granted by members of the British Empire or Commonwealth to one another.
〈史〉英帝国（或英联邦）成员国相互间的关税减让
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Nevertheless, Canada does occasionally break with the system of imperial preference.
The Lyons government that replaced it at the end of 1931 modified the tariff to provide for imperial preference but did little to reduce protection in a world economy that had abandoned free trade.
A century of free trade was buried at the Ottawa Conference in 1932 when a new commercial system of tariffs and imperial preference, due to last until the 1970s, was inaugurated.
Breaking down this sterling zone and British system of imperial preference became a central US goal.
In 1904 he resigned from Balfour's government in protest at Joseph Chamberlain's campaign for imperial preference and argued for continued free trade.