> And China, if anyone, has shown how protectionism, and making sure outside companies can only reach your internal market if they play by your rules, and favor

> And China, if anyone, has shown how protectionism, and making sure outside companies can only reach your internal market if they play by your rules, and favoring national companies over international ones, is a winning strategy in the 21st century. The winning strategy depends very much on what stage of economic development a country is at. Developing countries often benefit from some level of protectionism (this is the "infant industries argument," which Alexander Hamilton proposed), but developed countries benefit much more from lower trade barriers. In 20 years, it will be China that is pushing for developing countries to lower their trade barriers.