But farming is now the most protected sector of the economies of the world's richest countries.

"The virus was launched in a protected sector of my program matrix," Manfred answered.

Hanlon ordered three hamburger dinners, and the two sergeants spent a half hour talking with Jay about Army life, football, and how Stanislau could crash the protected sector of the public databank.

The across-the-board approach minimizes the room for successful lobbying by political powerful sectors, which often happen to be the most protected sectors in the first place.

Textiles and apparel remain among the most protected sectors of trade in most nations, even though the new rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade will eliminate many curbs.

The botanical garden was established in the late 1990s atop an existing 7-metre high bastion by Vauban, within the city's protected sector between its cathedral and ramparts, and overlooking its war memorial.

Bulgarian Turks are to be found predominantly in the less protected sectors of the German labour market associated with ethnic businesses that require higher flexibility and tougher working conditions.

Western business leaders embraced globalisation not just because it opens up new markets, introduces new ideas and weeds out unproductive, protected sectors, but because it allows for lower production costs and so bigger profits.

Mr. Zhu faces domestic problems from those within the Communist Party who are not enthusiastic about market reforms and from managers and workers in protected sectors who risk losing their jobs.

That "something" is, in the American view, concessions by China to allow global competitors gradually to enter protected, state-run sectors like financial services and telecommunications and to lower barriers to American farm products.