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Feb 24, 2009 15:01 EST

Trade and Mutually Assured Destruction

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Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo has an original view on protectionism.

 

Instead of promising not to raise barriers to trade (and quietly ignoring their pledges), leaders should hit back hard with all the legal means available at any country trying to use protectionism to shield itself from the crisis at the expense of others.

 

 

 

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Protection is what our government gets paid for.

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