20/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - De Gucht against protectionism in Europe. “I hear repeated calls to raise barriers to trade instead of facing up to the competitiveness challenge. Let's be clear: there is no cheap and easy way to confront modern global competition other than through our capacity to innovate and produce quality products at a competitive price. The EU (…) is a real production economy. 21 million jobs are linked to our exports to third markets; they would be put at risk if the...