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What is protectionism?

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Andreas Neuhaus
January 31, 2017

A wall with Mexico, Brexit, down with free trade! More and more countries are trying to 'protect' domestic economies. But what does ‘protectionism’ really mean? And suppose one protective measure is followed by many others?

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