Russia, U.S. Most Protectionist in Group of 20

June 29, 2010, 7:08 AM EDT

By Sophie Leung
 
June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Russia and the U.S. have the most protectionist trade measures among the Group of 20 leading industrialized countries, according annual rankings released today in Hong Kong by the International Chamber of Commerce.
 
India and Argentina came third and fourth, while China was ranked sixth, just after Brazil, the Paris-based ICC said in the report, compiled by the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics. Saudi Arabia was the nation with the fewest measures aimed at protecting its own trade....
 
....The ICC analysis was based on data from Global Trade Alert....
 
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