Should countries protect national companies?

[blkfish92]

Xen said:

kowenicki said:
Only where it is in the interest of national security (financial or defence)

Certainly not for emotional reasons or as in your example in the respect of something as trivial as a retailer. I'm not sure how Japan could stop a foreign buy out of a company such as Sony or Nintendo without a huge international backlash.

This...

I'm with that guy as well.