面对金融海啸,美国新组阁的奥巴马政府中出现了“购买美国货”的贸易保护主义呼声。有提议要求总规模约为900亿美元的基础设施投资项目中所需要的钢铁,要由美国企业在国内生产。美国国会参议院2009年2月6日在经济刺激计划中还加入一项议案,限制接受政府金融救援资金的美国银行雇用外国员 In the face of the financial tsunami, there emerged a call for protectionism in the “new purchase of U.S. products” in the Obama administration in the new U.S. cabinet. It is proposed that the steel needed for a total infrastructure investment of about 90 billion U.S. dollars be domestically produced by U.S. companies. The U.S. Senate Senate also added a motion to the stimulus package on February 6, 2009 to limit the hiring of foreigners to U.S. banks that receive government financial aid