strategic industry
noun [C] ECONOMICSDefinition
› an industry that a government considers to be very important for the country's economy or safety: Opposition parties expressed grave concerns about a strategic industry being sold to a foreign power.
(Definition of strategic industry noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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