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The Solar Trade Association has claimed that as many as 27,000 jobs could be lost if the government presses ahead with plans to cut the feed-in tariff by 87% after commissioning analysis by TBR Economic Research.

This article discusses how emerging markets' blatant usage of protectionism, like that of Brazil raising tariffs on 100 sectors last October (2013) to defend is declining industrial base, is a threat to free trade and WTO's views on the matter.

With China possibly given the status of a "market economy" the effectiveness of tariffs against chinese imports will be strongly diminished. This could result in EU economies being exposed to "dumping" policies by the chinese in order to weaken the competitive ability of domestic producers.

This article is about Japan's policy to impose a quota on US rice. US-produced rice is known for its exceedingly cheap price, and Japan is imposing quota to protect its domestic producers from the competition.