reports by the wto and the commission's own monitoring show that there is no imminent risk of a generalised protectionist escalation
none of the large trading nations has yet resorted to across-the-board restrictions on trade and investment
developments in certain countries for instance russia indonesia and argentina need close monitoring as these countries have until now been the greatest users of border measures to restrict trade
overall the most targeted sectors are agriculture and food products iron and steel metal automobiles textiles and toys
