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Protectionism rising despite G-20 vows on trade (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama addresses an audience that included members of the financial community, lawmakers, and top administration officials, about the financial crisis on the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse at Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York. Obama pledged to avoid 'self-defeating protectionism' in continuing the effort to get the U.S. and other major world economies back on their feet. Still, he told the Wall Street audience, 'no trading system will work if we fail to enforce our trade agreements.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)AP - Leaders of the world’s 20 top economies vowed to resist protectionism last November and again in April as they charted a joint strategy for confronting the worst global downturn in generations. As they meet again, they’ll get this progress report: Most of their economies are on the mend ? and trade tensions and protectionism are on the rise.


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