[sourcery]

Protectionist trade policies will be the next big trend, here and elsewhere. That's locked in: you can take it to the bank. Whether or not it will be good policy is irrlevant: it's going to happen. It's as predictable as the Sun rising tomorrow.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I will consider your prediction as sourcery from the Mount of Doom and give it the credit it deserves. Labor unions, protectionism, and socialism, with the resultant unjustified increases in costs and taxes are the reason we are in the shape we are in. Re-embracing them won't solve the problem.