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Countries increasingly negotiate bilateral or regional trade deals that offer tariff reductions in exchange for large foreign direct investments. These "investment-for-tariffs" arrangements aim to boost domestic employment and industrial capacity while securing market access for trading partners. The strategy reflects tension between protectionism and economic openness, raising questions about whether such deals genuinely benefit economies or merely redirect investment flows and create dependency on political goodwill.