Numa palavra: sim. É a principal conclusão do 11º relatório do Global Trade Alert, um organismo incontornável para quem segue o comércio internacional.

 

By comparing the data from this report with the last one, there is a substantial upward revision in the totals for every quarter since Q4 2009. The immediate implication is that the levels of protectionism in 2010 and 2011 were higher than previously thought. This finding helps make the point that evidence on protectionism takes time to assemble and instant assessments almost certainly underestimate the amount of protectionism. Another implication is that the falling off of the total number of protectionist measures per quarter reported for 2011 and 2012 should not automatically be attributed to greater restraint on the part of governments. Similar initial findings of lower quarterly totals were found in earlier GTA reports. Those totals were revised substantially up over time.

 

 

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