Copying from Brazil, the next target of Argentina's new protectionism will probably be land.

ECONOMIST: Protectionism in Argentina

The result may be a new era of protectionism that could be extraordinarily costly and painful.

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Even if a new round of protectionism can be avoided, ambitions to liberalise trade further are disappointingly limited.

ECONOMIST: International trade

Makers of designer goods, of course, are no more infallible than other firms, but the companies concerned cannot help wondering whether they are victims of a new form of protectionism bad publicity.

ECONOMIST: Foreign brands encounter a new form of protectionism

There will also be a lot of pious palaver about the need for more cooperation, better international regulation and new initiatives to fight protectionism and promote free trade.

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In response to the controversy over the case, Changjiang Daily warns of a new trend of "local protectionism" where local governments, media and judiciary often join forces to withhold or cover-up information to protect the region's image.

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America's newfound protectionism is also worrying the Europeans and could easily presage a new trade war.

BBC: Bush's tough task in Europe

Sure, there's plenty that needs to change: Protectionism remains rife and the EU went down a blind alley with its social agenda, which piled new costs on business just when it needed greater flexibility.

WSJ: What Cameron Needs to Say on Europe

Its handicaps include corruption, moribund universities, organised crime, socially approved protectionism and a deeply ingrained hostility to competition (when a private rail operator, NTV, launched a new service from Rome's Ostiense station last week, passengers found their path to the trains blocked by a fence put there by a subsidiary of NTV's state-owned competitor).

ECONOMIST: Italians fret that they may end up going the same way as Spain