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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President Donald Trump ‘s protectionist trade policy stoked fears of an economic slowdown, causing a month-long pullback in the S & P 500 that last week dragged it into a correction.
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Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Irwin’s book also highlights another fact about the McKinley Tariff Act that should worry latter-day protectionists in the Trump Administration.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
These include abusing antitrust to hobble or loot American high-tech companies and, before long, could also encompass deployment of the bloc’s climate policy for protectionist ends with measures such as Brussels’ Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
An instrumental view of research—as a way of producing public policy—leads inevitably to a protectionist, defensive stance toward research.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
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Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
Irwin’s book also highlights another fact about the McKinley Tariff Act that should worry latter-day protectionists in the Trump Administration.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
These include abusing antitrust to hobble or loot American high-tech companies and, before long, could also encompass deployment of the bloc’s climate policy for protectionist ends with measures such as Brussels’ Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
An instrumental view of research—as a way of producing public policy—leads inevitably to a protectionist, defensive stance toward research.
—Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Protectionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protectionist. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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