Sentence examples for protectionist moves from inspiring English sources

The steady trickle of U.S. protectionist moves, against everything from steel to Chinese bras, hasn't yet become a torrent.

A ruling could come in two or three weeks.In Germany, protectionist moves to shelter Hochtief may come too late to stop a takeover.

Despite early protectionist moves, such as introducing steel tariffs, the Bush administration has pushed hard for trade liberalisation in the past few years.

An American plant would also help to deflect any protectionist moves, always a risk given that South Korea's car market is essentially closed to American companies.

Even that progress has been undercut by Mr. Bush's protectionist moves this spring to benefit American producers of steel and by his embrace of farm subsidies.

However analysts say that a continued slump in global economic growth, potential protectionist moves against off-shoring activities in the United States, and a policy paralysis in India may hamper future prospects.

"It sets a bad example because it looks like some kind of protectionist move".

"I think it's very much a protectionist move," said Jack DeWitt, chairman of the British Columbia Pork Producers Association.

Officials in Brussels have strongly condemned the Lisbon government for a protectionist move that contravenes the principle of the free movement of capital within the European Union.

Theories abound as to why the Bush administration -- so squarely on the side of free trade -- would make such a protectionist move.

By July Ford's Brazilian output was 30% up on a year earlier, thanks in part to the Fiesta's popularity and in part to an unexpected protectionist move by Brazil.Companies such as Ford had been importing cars into Brazil from Mexico at a lower tariff under an agreement between Mexico and Mercosur, a Latin American trade block.