protectionist
noun
pro·tec·tion·ist
prə-ˈtek-sh(ə-)nist 
: an advocate of government economic protection for domestic producers through restrictions on foreign competitors
protectionist
adjective
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Is this really just about China, or a more general (here’s that word Tai hates again) protectionist turn?
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Dylan Matthews, Vox, 27 June 2024
An accelerated transition to clean energy can reinvigorate economies, curb protectionist forces, and calm great-power tensions, ameliorating the very anxieties that today are driving calls to slow down.
—Meghan L. O’Sullivan and Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
President Biden balks at being called a protectionist, insisting that tariffs underpin the administration’s investments in American industry through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Unlike the Popular Front, many of the National Rally’s trade policies are far more protectionist, meant to shield French workers from competition from international firms.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 June 2024
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Dylan Matthews, Vox, 27 June 2024
An accelerated transition to clean energy can reinvigorate economies, curb protectionist forces, and calm great-power tensions, ameliorating the very anxieties that today are driving calls to slow down.
—Meghan L. O’Sullivan and Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
President Biden balks at being called a protectionist, insisting that tariffs underpin the administration’s investments in American industry through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Unlike the Popular Front, many of the National Rally’s trade policies are far more protectionist, meant to shield French workers from competition from international firms.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 June 2024
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“Protectionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protectionist. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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