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• s  manifesting partiality
  preferential tariff rates
  preferential treatment
  a preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting

• In response, Gazprom, Russia's state-run natural gas monopoly, dropped its preferential offer and said it would have to charge the real market rate of $418.
• Not only did high-ranking San Diego officials give themselves preferential treatment for their pensions, they also distributed outsize benefits to city workers.
• A campaign by Dalit Christians for preferential job-placements, a right accorded to non-Christian Dalits, has also invited a backlash from Hindu groups.

• discriminatory

News & Articles

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• Second thoughts
  Alabama has most victories, fewest flags For all you conspiracy theorists — those who believe SEC Commissioner Mike Slive has the ability to send a jolt to football officials with some kind of super buzzer to make sure a call goes the way the league wants it — the web site Mr. SEC.com did a little research on which teams might be getting preferential treatment.
  June 12, 2013 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• Mexico says it may suspend U.S. trade preferences over meat labels
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Economy Ministry said on Friday it was considering suspending preferential trade tariffs with the United States for a variety of products in a simmering dispute over meat labeling. The disagreement stems from a 2009 U.S. requirement that retail outlets specify the country of origin on labels on meat and other products in an effort to give consumers more ...
  June 8, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Shocker: Apple accused of securing preferential terms for iPhone with mobile operators
  Apple used its influence to secure preferential treatment from mobile operators...
  June 6, 2013 - MacDailyNews

Quotes

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• Charles Schumer in ABC News
  This kind of unfair access seriously compromises the integrity of our markets and creates a two-tiered system where a privileged group of insiders receives preferential treatment, depriving others of a fair price for their transactions,wrote...
• Wen Jiabao in Washington Post
  Wen said the government would "clean up and rectify preferential policies that give land and electricity discounts or tax breaks to energy intensive or highly polluting industries."
• Kent Conrad in International Herald Tribune
  I did not think for one moment - and no one ever suggested to me - that I was getting preferential treatment,Conrad said.