strategic industry
noun[C]
ECONOMICSukusanindustrythat agovernmentconsidersto be veryimportantfor the country'seconomyorsafety:
Oppositionpartiesexpressedgraveconcernsabout astrategicindustrybeingsoldto aforeignpower.
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However, helicopter manufacturing is seen as astrategicindustry, and some governments have sought to protect their national champions from the marketplace.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shipbuilding, like shipping, is a nationalstrategicindustryand needs a declared national maritime policy.
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It is subsidised because it is astrategicindustryof value to the country.
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This industry is not only a majorstrategicindustrybut it is also one that has an impact throughout the country.
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It is calling for £1 billion to be invested in thisstrategicindustryover 10 years.
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We have had all this talk about astrategicindustryand how a great maritime nation can go forward without a shipbuilding capacity.
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We have a duty to a vital andstrategicindustry.
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It is astrategicindustry—the base for so many other industries.
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It operates in a special climate of its own, nation by nation protecting its ownstrategicindustry.
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It was a means of saving astrategicindustrywith an important export commitment.
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