相そう互ご主しゅ義ぎ

noun

principle of reciprocity

Used in legal, diplomatic, and economic contexts to describe a policy where one party's actions toward another are mirrored. Often appears in phrases like 相互主義に基づく (based on the principle of reciprocity).

• 条じょう約やくは相そう互ご主しゅ義ぎに基もとづいて締てい結けつされた。

  The treaty was concluded based on the principle of reciprocity.

• 相そう互ご主しゅ義ぎの観かん点てんから、相あい手て国こくにも同どう様ようの措そ置ちを求もとめる。

  From the standpoint of reciprocity, we request similar measures from the other country.