Protectionist in example sentence

When Clinton came to office in 1993, he had to make several key choices:1. promote free trade, in line with policies of the Reagan and Bush administrations, or turn more protectionist as his trade-union allies urged?2. reduce the budget deficit, in line with mainstream economic thinking, or boost government spending, as many left-of-center economists were arguing?

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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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