A quem aproveita o proteccionismo? - IV

Parece-me que os adeptos do proteccionismo, sensíveis aos pedidos da indústria textil, começam a ter noção daquilo que não tiveram em conta quando decidiram impôr quotas de importação aos produtos chineses. Ou seja, "aquilo que não se vê", começa a ser perceptível. Via BBC:

"I cannot accept that EU retail businesses should be penalised unfairly by the agreement with China," [Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson ] added. "I have set in motion procedures to unblock the goods that have been caught,"(...)

Mr Durieu [EU's retailers representative] accused Brussels of failing to foresee the problem - which had forced companies to either pay out extra for new goods to fill their shelves amid fears empty shops would scare off customers, or lose their profits as their stocks remained locked in warehouses.(...)

"It is very possible that towards November or December you will see prices rising across the UK simply because there is not enough capacity now to produce the kind of cheap goods that China has excelled in," said Alisdair Grey, from the British Retail Consortium.
But despite widespread claims that China is flooding western markets with cheap goods - some manufacturers worst hit by the quota system are actually owned by European firms(...)

Não tenho grandes dúvidas que a lição não foi aprendida. O proteccionismo ainda tem uma grande esperança de vida.