By contrast, just about every protectionist step taken by the Bush administration has been clearly in violation.
George Bush has, for the first time, taken an overt protectionist step against China the popular scapegoat for job losses in America's industrial heartland.
"It is a protectionist measure".
A leading Thai polling organisation complains of intimidation, saying police raided its offices after one of its surveys showed a fall in Mr Thaksin's popularity.In this section Six months on Why it matters George Bush, protectionist A step backwards Revival of the fittest Reprints Related items A new orderFeb 28th 2002Until recently, the press has been delightfully free in Thailand.
All it needed was a succession of mergers and acquisitions to enable them to extend their unquestioned brilliance into new fields.In this section Six months on Why it matters George Bush, protectionist A step backwards Revival of the fittest Reprints Related items Back to basicsMar 7th 2002Now the party is well and truly over and it is time for some regrets.
If protectionist or regulatory steps come, they will be justified with much talk of creating a "level playing field" for domestic producers and local retailers, and to keep even more jobs from moving overseas.
Indeed, some European leaders are warning that a federal rescue of Detroit would be seen as "protectionist," necessitating retaliatory trade steps in Europe.
Nine years ago, I helped to launch the Better Off Out campaign, because the EU is an undemocratic, costly and protectionist organisation out of step with the 21st century.
"Brazil faces a big competitive challenge, and the relationship with China only dramatises that," says Sérgio Amaral, a former industry minister who chairs the Brazil-China Business Council.The government's response is a mix of short-term protectionist measures combined with modest steps towards more constructive longer-term policy changes.
A federal judge recently took the first step toward ending an outrageously protectionist law that bars New Yorkers from ordering wine direct from out-of-state wineries.
