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How to use the word protectionism in a Sentence?

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Protectionism hinders competition and innovation and is detrimental to climate change mitigation.

Olaf Scholz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It will further increase global trade protectionism. We will organize related companies to actively respond to the complaint.

Wen Xianjun

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Rising protectionism, the U.S. trade conflicts with Europe and China and the still-unclear Brexit situation are unsettling companies worldwide so they are holding back investments.

Volker Treier

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Germany seems to be opposed to trade protectionism on the surface but at the same time Germany itself is engaged in another set of trade protectionism.

Shi Mingde

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

While we agree that 5G is important, we do think there's a genuine security risk, at the end of the day, obviously, India has to make its own decision, but our concerns are security not protectionism.

Wilbur Ross

Found on CNN
4 years ago

While the shorter-term trend in core prices has picked up, the low yearly rate, along with the recent escalation in trade protectionism, can only spur the Fed to pull the easing trigger again on Sept. 18.

Sal Guatieri

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Clearly the state of global trade, I'm very worried about the way it's going. The growth of protectionism, of tariffs, that we're seeing, there are all sorts of people, who will take any excuse at all to interfere with free trade and to frustrate trade deals, and I don't want to see that.

Boris Johnson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It (the trade war) is likely to weaken demand for base metal because China has retaliated today by allowing the Chinese yuan to weaken in line with the fundamentals, going forward this means there will be more rounds of tariffs and protectionism against each other between the two largest economies, which signals lesser demand for commodities including base metals.

Continuum Economics ' chief economist

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Currently, global economic risks are rising somewhat, international investment and trade growth is slowing, protectionism is rising and unstable and uncertain factors are increasing, we should actively cope with this. Some countries have taken measures including cutting interest rates, or sent clear signals on quantitative easing.

Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It is undeniable that the current economic globalization has indeed encountered some new problems and new challenges, however, the solution is not to return to protectionism and unilateralism.

Wang Zhaoxing

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I am still concerned about U.S. protectionism and I think it would be naive for anyone to think that there is any kind of permanent safety or security. The reality is that this U.S. administration is openly, explicitly, and proudly protectionist.

Chrystia Freeland

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Some bit of protectionism is needed, and some bit of protectionism is desired for an economy.

Anuradha Saha

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You can't have protectionism within a free trade agreement. It's an oxymoron.”

Flavio Volpe

added by anonymous
5 years ago

Manufacturers' sentiment is leveling off while capital expenditure holds firm. I'm watching how fears of trade protectionism may affect corporate capex planning from now on.

Masaki Kuwahara

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Maybe we're not the champions in soccer, but at least we are the champions in protectionism.

Oleg Sirota

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We believe that relevant frictions and disputes can be resolved via talks. There are no winners from fighting a trade war, all sides should join together to expand growth and not engage in putting up trade barriers or protectionism. This is good for nobody.

Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

All sides should join together to expand growth and not engage in putting up trade barriers or protectionism. This is good for nobody.

Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

These are jointly shared principles, although the pitfalls lie in the details, for us, it was important that we have a commitment for a rule-based trade order, that we continue to fight against protectionism and that we want to reform the WTO.

Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

For us, it was important that we have a commitment for a rule-based trade order, that we continue to fight against protectionism and that we want to reform the WTO.

Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The jobs report is looking in the rear-view mirror while the protectionist actions last week will impact the future, investors may be caught off guard if there is a negative impact to economic growth this year from protectionism.

Kristina Hooper

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This is dumb. Europe, Canada, and Mexico are not China, and you don't treat allies the same way you treat opponents. We've been down this road before -- blanket protectionism is a big part of why America had a Great Depression. ' Make America Great Again' shouldn't mean' Make America 1929 Again,' bad news that @POTUS has decided to impose taxes on American consumers buying steel and aluminum from our closest allies -- Canada, the EU, and Mexico( with whom we run a trade surplus on steel). In addition to higher prices, these tariffs invite retaliation.

Ben Sasse

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's easier for markets to focus on that which is positive and tangible rather than try to assess the potential outcome of protectionism.

Kristina Hooper

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Markets have been pushed around by Trump, his modus operandi seems to do anything that seems to be good for his re-election. If protectionism doesn't work, he may switch to international trade.

Hiroshi Watanabe

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Protectionism is somebody just admitting failure, when we can’t compete on a certain product, because labor’s cheaper somewhere else, we put in tariffs ... and they’re being cast in the rhetoric of a trade war. Well, a trade war is not going to be good for anybody.

Al Lewis

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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