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Protectionist in sentence

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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.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso believes that protectionist pressures are increasing.
George W. Bush failed to honor his anti-Chinese protectionist campaign promises of 2000, as did Bill Clinton throughout his presidency.
Its further increase could lead to counterproductive protectionist measures.
But protectionist pressures are building as weary politicians hear more and more calls for economic nationalism.
As if that’s not bad enough, a protectionist Trump administration has elevated anti-China tariffs to a central role in its international policy agenda.
The Trump administration’s stated objective in pursuing protectionist policies is to reduce the US trade deficit.
But if Trump sticks to his protectionist promises, we will no longer have to worry about US-Brazil rivalry within the same trade agreement.
Chile, which for political reasons has always wanted to bring together the more liberal economies of the Pacific with the more protectionist regimes of the Atlantic, would have plenty of reasons to help move the process forward.
And we have Trump’s nationalist and protectionist bullying to thank for it.
A foreign takeover would raise French protectionist hackles.
After Italy’s former central bank governor, Antonio Fazio, flagrantly abused his position to block a takeover of an Italian bank by ABN Amro, member countries agreed that future mergers would be assessed on five objective criteria, the idea being to prevent governments from blocking foreign bids purely for protectionist reasons.
Under Trump, who has revealed strong protectionist tendencies, the TPP will stay moribund, at best.
The UK must now decide whether it will stand up to the protectionist impulse that drove Brexit and what part it can play in making globalization work for all.
Yet today, with international trade talks stalled and protectionist rhetoric rising, we are instead moving toward building bigger trade barriers.
But if he pursues his protectionist promise to put “America first,” which smacks of xenophobic nationalism, investors and central banks could gradually be impelled to find alternative reserves for their spare billions.
But that has not stopped politicians such as US President Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen of the French National Front from proposing interventionist and protectionist policies.
Moreover, it is fanciful to think that a trade deficit – which is merely a reflection of saving and investment activity both inside and outside the country – can be suppressed with protectionist policies.
The protectionist responses are sadly familiar: protests against foreign workers, demands for trade protection, and a financial nationalism that seeks to limit the flow of money across national frontiers.
While protectionist measures might have been defensible 20 years ago, China’s economy is far more competitive today.
The Great BacklashNEW YORK – In the immediate aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, policymakers’ success in preventing the Great Recession from turning into Great Depression II held in check demands for protectionist and inward-looking measures.
Anemic economic recovery has provided an opening for populist parties, promoting protectionist policies, to blame foreign trade and foreign workers for the prolonged malaise.
These groups are characterized by economic nativism, anti-immigration and protectionist leanings, religious fanaticism, and geopolitical isolationism.
Without such structures, the world risks a competitive and disorderly race to the bottom among states – as often occurs with taxation – together with a protectionist backlash.
And, at the same time, the “opening-up dividend” was also reaching maturity, and encountering protectionist barriers around the world.
In this new movement, the libertarian tendencies of the New Left and the protectionist tendencies of the traditional right became intertwined.
Unfortunately, a World Bank study notes that 17 of the 20 countries have actually undertaken new protectionist measures, most notably the US with the “buy American” provision included in its stimulus package.
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