French farmers have organized huge protests to protect their markets and the country's food supply.

But the real purpose behind the opposition is to protect their markets from needed competition.

Delta has also often lacked the right instincts in protecting its markets from competitors.

Then he added, "We are going to protect our markets as they do in the rest of the world."

In the long run, I wonder if the companies protecting their markets are not shortchanging themselves.

The lex mercatoria was also a means for local communities to protect their own markets.

Bush also told Texas farmers that he wanted to limit the imports of foreign beef so as to protect their domestic markets.

For example, France, whose energy sector is among the most progressive, stubbornly protects its own markets.

For some countries, that may mean protecting their markets until such time as the regional economy has become sufficiently strong to stand up to foreign competition.

"They tell us they have to protect their markets because of their culture," he said in Washington.