Brazil announced it has imposed restrictions on 60% of imports...

Brazil announced it has imposed restrictions on 60% of imports “to soften” the impact of the global crisis
http://www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=15899&formato=HTML

The Indian government has banned the import of Chinese-made toys for six months, without citing a reason for the same.
http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/asp/newsarticle.asp?newsid=45360

Crean concerned by European trade barriers
Posted Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:01pm AEDT
Federal Trade Minister Simon Crean says he is worried European countries are using the global economic slowdown to reintroduce export subsidies and trade barriers.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/27/2475327.htm?section=justin

Dairy subsidies 'threaten repeat of 1930s'

Europe intends to rebuild its butter mountains with government handouts for uneconomic production.

and did ya see this:
Britain is facing return of three-day week
Shorter hours would be preferable to mass unemployment, say government sources
By Jane Merrick, Brian Brady and Cole Moreton
Sunday, 25 January 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/britain-is-facing-return-of-threeday-week-1515307.html

AFP