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Examples of economic nationalism include Japan 's use of MITI to "pick winners and losers", Malaysia 's imposition of currency controls in the wake of the 1997 Currency Crisis , China 's controlled exchange of the Yuan , Argentina 's economic policy of Tariffs and Devaluation in the wake of the 2001 financial crisis and the United States ' use of tariffs to protect domestic steel production.


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The term gained a more specific meaning in 2005 and 2006 after several governments intervened to prevent Takeover s of domestic firms by foreign companies. In some cases, the national governments also endorsed counter-bids from compatriot companies to create 'national champions'. Such cases include:
  • The proposed takeover of Arcelor (Luxembourg) by Mittal (India).

  • The failed attempt by the Italian government to prevent the takeover of Banca Antonveneta (Italy) by ABN AMRO (Netherlands).

  • The French government listing of Danone (France) as a 'strategic industry' to pre-empt a potential takeover bid by PepsiCo (USA).

  • The proposed takeover of Endesa (Spain) by E.ON (Germany), and the counter-bid by Gas Natural (Spain).

  • The proposed takeover of SUEZ (France) by Enel (Italy), and the counter-bid by Gaz De France (France).

  • The Congressional opposition to the takeover bid for Unocal (USA) by CNOOC (PR China), and the subsequent takeover by Chevron (USA).



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