How to Use protectionist in a Sentence

protectionist

noun
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  • So many protectionist policies have popped up in the last three to four months.
    — Eben Shapiro, Time, 21 Feb. 2021
  • But its EVs have not flooded the U.S., where protectionist trade policies have kept them at bay.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The real divide over TPP was not between free traders and protectionists.
    — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 25 Jan. 2017
  • None of this makes sense, other than as a hidden protectionist tax for the benefit of U.S. shipbuilders.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022
  • This complaint is entirely valid and not limited to the U.S. or to trade protectionists.
    — Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer, 6 Apr. 2018
  • But for protectionists [such as Navarro], that’s bad because there will be more foreign owners of US assets.
    — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • For the trade protectionists and anti-globalists, the coronavirus epidemic makes the case against free trade.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 26 Mar. 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, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The Democratic Party has its share of protectionists too.
    — Greg Rushford, WSJ, 4 July 2018
  • But Trump protectionists have planted a few land mines in the otherwise valuable agenda.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 23 July 2017
  • The second: Trade barriers imposed on a broad swath of goods as an overall protectionist mindset.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The choice of a foreign company from an ally nation for the first grant appears in part to be an effort to address criticism that the program is protectionist.
    — Eva Dou, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • When it’s awarded to a protectionist, that doesn’t bode well for American tech companies.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The one on steel includes pleas from otherwise-ardent protectionists to spare Canada.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
  • If so, this episode contains a warning for protectionists who seem oblivious.
    — George Will, National Review, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The Trump administration says the surpluses have grown in large part due to asymmetry in tariffs and duties, with Germany the far more protectionist of the two partners.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The green subsidies and tax breaks in the U.S. package will all be in force by the start of next year, and Washington does not seem interested in backing down on measures seen by Europe as protectionist.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Ryan was always an outspoken free trader and believer in the power of markets; Trump is a protectionist who has pursued tariffs and started a trade war.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2018
  • But once at Trump’s side, Mr. Hatch stayed firmly affixed, despite his free-trade views that contrasted with the president’s protectionist policies.
    — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2022
  • No nation has been more of a protectionist than France, which has mandated that the services invest at least 20% of their revenue from within the country into local programming.
    — Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023
  • The protectionist statute, commonly known as the Jones Act, prohibits foreign vessels from transporting goods between U.S. ports.
    — Sam Heavenrich, wsj.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • 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, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The World Trade Organization, citing the damage that protectionist policies could pose, has urged countries to keep trade open to combat the negative effects of climate change.
    — Keith Bradsher, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The Astor gowns episode took place at the height of the U.S. government’s protectionist efforts to discourage the purchase of foreign goods and encourage domestic production.
    — Elizabeth Block, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2022
  • However his rhetoric and actions reveal the heart of a classic protectionist with a deeply troubling misunderstanding about how to analyze the meaning of trade flows in today’s world.
    — WSJ, 6 Aug. 2017
  • But protectionists now risk mirroring the pro-trade side’s earlier mistake.
    — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But America’s allies are wary of the law’s protectionist impulses.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Working to facilitate imports is a change for Mr. Navarro, a China hawk who is among the biggest protectionists in the Trump administration.
    — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Given protectionist impulses in both parties, the Biden administration has not seriously considered seeking to join.
    — Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Its instincts are nativist, protectionist, and isolationist.
    — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2024

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