Well, China is a protectionist country. And their protectionism does work, since their economic growth is always around 5-10%. They are having a bad year because of Trump, and they seem alarmed because they only have a 6.5% GDP growth. Their numbers may be fudged, but overall they surely have far more than the 2-3% growth which the US has, which is more than Europe which has 1%. Globalist giants like US and EU= 1-3% growth. Protectionism (China)= 5-10% growth. Of course, China also has weak environmental and social protections and lowish wages, but still they are giving everyone else a hell of a beating. Anyway, China is a success story, that's a fact. And has tariffs and barriers all over the place. Both the US and EU should adopt the Chinese model to stop China. Tariffs do work.