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The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.
Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure.
We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union.
The E.U., China, and Japan all talk free trade, and they all practice protectionism.
Protectionism is something that will hurt everybody, but especially the United States.
We have to resist, protectionism, other kinds of barriers to market access and to trade.
Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.
Consider trade protectionism. It's been tried - and found wanting - since the Great Depression.
Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism.
We have to be vigilant against protectionism and be constantly making the argument for free trade.
Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs.
A form of protectionism should be enforced at national level, at least on strategic areas such as agriculture.
Protectionism has never been an answer, will never be an answer. We need trade. We need trade agreements worldwide.
Trade protectionism has an American lineage dating back to the Founders; that lineage is distinct from white nationalism.
I don't want to stop and build protectionism out there, but I certainly don't mind tough negotiation with our trade partners.
Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global economy.
Nationalism makes us poor because its Siamese twin, protectionism, will destroy the internal market and disrupt international trade.
Protectionism in all its forms should be rejected, and efforts should be made to discipline measures that constitute barriers to trade.
It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle.
Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided.
Rich country protectionism - barriers, subsidies and support - mean that the world supply of agricultural goods is artificially increased and world prices depressed.
If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there.
The United States can't keep a completely open system if the rest of the world is less open. The United States may have to take a leaf out of the book of Japan, China, and Germany, and have protectionism inside the system.
The biggest flaw in the Trump economic plan is the tilt toward protectionism. I have parted company with him on this. The question here is whether his campaign bark will turn out to be bigger than his government-policy bite.
Germany is the biggest economy of Europe and we need Germany on board for the economic reforms of Europe, including, of course, the deepening of the internal market, resisting protectionism, and supporting further economic policy coordination.
The 'low' quality of many American films, and of much American popular culture, induces many art lovers to support cultural protectionism. Few people wish to see the cultural diversity of the world disappear under a wave of American market dominance.
Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.
The latest rule is: you cannot have protectionism - otherwise you will get a world war. Other rules say you cannot have collective ideas that involve the surrender of the individual to the group - otherwise, you get totalitarianism or, even worse, religion.
We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that's why it's so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism.
Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the developing nation's economy and not an exploitative one.
With the election of Trump, America's soft power has taken a big hit. The United States has moved from a position of leadership in the creation of a rules-based international system to a position of leadership in its destruction and the creation of a regime of global protectionism. The damage will be long-lasting.