Protectionist in example sentence

The popular expectation that neither the UK nor the EU will impose trade restrictions on the other seems unconvincing, at best, given the protectionist tendencies that have helped spur British Euroskepticism and the possibility that European policymakers will attempt to deter other member states from following the UK’s lead.

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Before the war, America had been highly protectionist.

And any nation that would become protectionist over the next few years would deprive itself of the chance of getting the benefits of growth in the world economy.

Today’s statesmen like to say that they have avoided the protectionist error as well, but is that true?

For starters, the coherence of Europe’s policies toward Russia improved: the EU threatened to use the World Trade Organization’s dispute-settlement mechanism when the Kremlin announced new protectionist measures in late 2012.

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