Nonetheless, there may be protectionist efforts in a number of countries this year, aimed at improving each country's trade position at the expense of others.
Ms Walter, sketching out an Indo-European linguistic tree whose European branches were both Latin and Germanic, shows how French and English have influenced each other for centuries despite the protectionist efforts of language purists (notably the Académie Française).
Many protectionist efforts by individual states, including favoritism in tax treatment of local industries, have fallen because of this interpretation, which the Kentucky Court of Appeals relied on in striking down the state's municipal bond preference.
While regulators acknowledge that small-scale farmers are difficult to police and crooked seafood processors give the industry a bad name, others insist that the food-safety worries are exaggerated and partly the result of protectionist efforts by interest groups in the United States and Japan seeking to stop China from gaining market share.
President elect Donald Trump ran a protectionist campaign.
We bad-mouth as protectionist all efforts to keep jobs in this country.
This round is $258 million with proceeds to be used to expand into new markets, begin marketing efforts, and fight off protectionist, anti-competitive efforts.
The company plans to use the funding to move into new markets and begin marketing efforts, as well as to fight off protectionist, anti-competitive efforts, Kalanick wrote.
Travis Kalanick, Uber's founder, has promised to spend some of the $258m raised this summer on fighting off "protectionist, anti-competitive efforts" as well as on expanding into new markets.A Bronx cheer for UberIn New York regulators held up both Uber and Hailo for several months.
Its inherent protectionist qualities confound American efforts to reduce protectionism abroad and gain access to new markets.
