1.   These harmful effects can also be exacerbated by the adoption of increased protectionist measures by trading blocs against non-bloc countries.

2.   Asian countries are leaning toward protectionist measures to survive difficult economic times.

3.   A president who speaks so stirringly about the virtues of free trade ought to be impervious to pleas for protectionist measures like import quotas and tariffs.

4.   But the administration was also distressed over the protectionist measures that blocked American exports of frozen chicken.

5.   Concern in Western capitals has risen further in recent days as senior Russian officials have talked of even broader protectionist measures.

6.   Clinton, for example, wants Europe to abandon its huge subsidies for farmers, which he says are protectionist measures designed to cripple more efficient American producers.

7.   Even if the central government abides by its pledges, local officials may cling to protectionist measures to protect their communities.

8.   The US, in turn, charges that Canada is simply coddling its magazine industry with protectionist measures that violate free trade treaties.

9.   To promote their domestic auto industries, both nations have instituted protectionist measures that threaten to reduce the sale of Japanese cars in those countries.