Examples of protectionist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Europe targets our tech companies with protectionist rules. — Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner, "Business sectors consider impact of Biden administration," 21 Jan. 2021 At the same time, India has taken a protectionist turn, raising tariffs on dozens of goods and quitting negotiations to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade agreement. — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, "Trump Deepened Ties With India, Leaving New Challenges for Biden," 21 Jan. 2021 To many Americans, Donald Trump’s protectionist instincts sound like a good strategy to reverse the tide, cut imports, and bring back the good old days of American manufacturing. — Mike Watson, National Review, "Minimum Wages: A Californian Warning for Florida," 10 Nov. 2020 Given obvious benefits, a protectionist recourse to preserving fading utilities at the expense of renewable energy upstarts might slow down growth in the sector but will ultimately prove futile, Tilleard says. — Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, "Solar providers in Africa are on a collision course with struggling national grid companies," 10 Dec. 2020 Bush, by making protectionist gestures, was now departing from the tradition of his father and grandfather. — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, "The Republican Identity Crisis After Trump," 23 Oct. 2020 Muddling the picture even further are trading alliances from Africa to Asia strained by three years of tariff wars and protectionist sentiment only heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic. — Shawn Donnan, Bloomberg.com, "Global Trade-Chief Race Slows as U.S., EU Split on Finalists," 20 Oct. 2020 As a result, countries are left to pound each other with tariffs and other protectionist policies just like the old days that the U.S., prior to Trump, had worked diligently to end. — Jon Healey, Star Tribune, "World Trade Organization, in ruling for China, bares its toothless gums," 17 Sep. 2020 Trump is an outspoken protectionist, regarding imports as bad and domestic production as good. — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Americans love free trade. Trump and Biden don’t.," 16 Sep. 2020

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