21st Century Challenges

G20 urged to reject protectionism

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged leaders of the G20 developed and emerging economies to resist calls for protectionism.

Mandelson warns on protectionism

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has said protectionism would be a "huge mistake" ahead of talks to end strikes over employing foreign workers.

Protectionism on the Rise in Europe?

What is protectionism?

A guide to protectionism, also known as economic nationalism // Are we seeing a return to these practices?

EU moves to prevent protectionism

Fears of increasing protectionism in Europe are overshadowing a meeting of EU finance ministers.

Learn the right lessons from the Depression

This crisis is not a total failure of world capitalism and nothing will be achieved by a retreat into narrow nationalism

Brown to tackle US on protectionism

Gordon Brown will on Wednesday challenge Democrats on Capitol Hill to resist protectionism

Will the G20 expand the role of the IMF?

It wasn't long ago that Gordon Brown wanted to downgrade the lending side of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and make it an independent economic watchdog instead.

Gordon Brown to warn US against economic protectionism

Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister, is preparing to use a speech to the US Congress in Washington to urge American politicians to avoid retreating to economic protectionism.

Brown says US bond ‘unbreakable’

In Gordon Brown's speech to both Houses on Capitol Hill, he states that neither nation should "succumb" to protectionism "which protects no-one", but seize opportunities ahead.