The final vote was cast in frank anticipation that the Senate would water down some of the bill's most protectionist features.

They still guard the interests of the smallest and most protectionist of the country's auctioneers who would be bankrupted by an open market.

I mean, the Reagan administration for example was the most protectionist in post-war American history.

Yet a number of economists already characterize the Reagan years as the most protectionist of the postwar period.

That explains how the House, in an overwhelming 289-141 vote on Wednesday, passed some of the most protectionist legislation in 60 years.

Until the 1990's, India had some of the world's most protectionist policies, and it still has high tariffs on imports like food and shoes.

Indeed, America is swimming in sugar, largely because the sugar business is one of the economy's most protectionist niches.

We should not let the most protectionist country hold up agreements.

The third likely option is some sort of coalition spearheaded by the Socialists, the most protectionist party in Japan.

Thousands of jobs lost to Japan - the most protectionist nation in history - are "good for the consumer."