The Economist skriver om proteksjonisme etter finanskrisen: "The battle
in Europe between free traders (mostly in the north) and protectionists
(mostly in the south) never ceases. One test will be the EU’s revision
of trade concessions for developing countries known as the generalised
system of preferences… the narrowing of GSP is a sign of troubled
times, with Europe growing more fretful about its decline. And the
danger is that an overdue revision of GSP may turn into an attempt to
roll back trade liberalisation."