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Letter: Why protectionism is a sin

A. Sims
Sunday 02 January 1994 00:02 GMT
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WALTER HAYES ('My Biggest Mistake', 19 December) asks why protectionism is a sin. Maybe someone should tell him customers want better quality, longer lasting, higher specification cars than Ford builds. Hayes underestimated the Japanese because he underestimated the importance of quality.

A Sims

Birmingham

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