Will Trump usher in a new era of protectionism?

Just over a month before he clinched a decisive victory in November’s presidential election, Donald Trump issued a warning to businesses across the globe.

“American workers will no longer be worried about losing [their] jobs to foreign nations; foreign nations will be worried about losing their jobs to America,” he told a raucous crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia, in late September.

“Vote for Trump, and you…