Definition of economic boycott

1. Definition of economic boycott

 2. Types of economic boycott 

3. Most prominent economic boycotts

 2. Types of economic boycott 

There are three types:

 The civil boycott: it is a non-governmental boycott, or a popular boycott, where it is implemented by individuals or informal bodies with specific motives, so they decide to stop dealing with goods imported from the aggressor country and stop exporting to it and not dealing with its citizens. Official boycott: decided by the authorities of the responsible state against aggressor groups or states. Collective boycott: that is decided by an international organization, and it imposes it based on the authority it derives from its charter. In terms of positive or negative, as follows: The negative image: It is represented in not entering into any economic relations with the aggressor country.

 Positive Image: Provision of goods and services locally to stop commercial and economic dealings with the country to be boycotted. In terms of positive or negative, as follows: 

The negative image: It is represented in not entering into any economic relations with the aggressor country. Positive Image: Provision of goods and services locally to stop commercial and economic dealings with the country to be boycotted.

3. Most prominent economic boycotts

The following are examples of some of the most famous economic boycotts:[3] The Captain's Boycott (1880): A problem arose between Charles Pockett and his tenants regarding the eviction of land, so his employees stopped working, and local companies were not taking his money, and his attempts to continue with a limited workforce and the exorbitant cost of production failed, He and his family had to leave, the boycott was successful and the word "boycott" appeared in 1888.

Delano Grapes (1965-1969): Led by Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association, this boycott began when Filipino farm workers in California walked out of their jobs in protest of being the lowest-paid workers in the United States. Upon hearing news of the strike, millions of Americans boycotted the company by refusing to buy grapes At the height of the strike, more than 14 million Americans were refusing to buy grapes until the historic contracts were finally signed in 1970. Nestlé (1977-1984): Nestlé came under fire when it launched a marketing campaign to sell breast-milk substitutes to developing countries; The boycott noted that formula milk was less healthy than breast milk and that these mothers lacked the clean water needed to safely prepare formula. The original American boycott ended after 1984After satisfactory laws and policies were put in place, the UK restarted it in 1988 and it is still in force.