lock in, n.All

Lock-in (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠praised as NAFTA's great merit — Mexico could no longer change course to protect itself — by pundits blind to how undemocratic a merit that is.