back-scratch

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This necessitated back-scratch trade agreements: you scratch my back by lowering your tariffs, we'll scratch yours by lowering ours.

Dave Johnson: Myths of Protectionism Are Spread to Exploit Workers and the Environment 2009
This necessitated back-scratch trade agreements: you scratch my back by lowering your tariffs, we'll scratch yours by lowering ours.

Dave Johnson: Myths of Protectionism: Stories You Are Likely to Hear in the Wake of the China Tire Trade Tariff Case 2009
A friend Cat Eldredge of Green Man Review, to give a reciprocal back-scratch here notified me of a WINTER OAK review that had flown under my radar.

Still standing jhetley 2005
Eskom sells cheap power for a back-scratch (kick-backs any which way), while on paper it looks as if Eskom needs bailout

Guardian Online 2010
Eskom sells cheap power for a back-scratch (kick-backs any which way), while on paper it looks as if Eskom needs bailout

Guardian Online 2010
This necessitated back-scratch trade agreements: you scratch my back by lowering your tariffs, we'll scratch yours by lowering ours.

Blog entry 2009
The object is to match DNA against fur samples taken from back-scratch trees to get population trends without following the bears around, which is expensive.

Dissent the Blog 2008