Paris — Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday a protectionist economic policy would be good for employment in France, pointing to Donald Trump’s success in pushing Ford Motor to keep jobs in the US. "Protectionism works when it’s done by a country with a committed leader and economic sovereignty — it’s good for industry and it’s good for employment," the nationalist presidential candidate said at her campaign headquarters in Paris. "Determination pays off in politics and what Trump achieved is proof of that." Le Pen, who is running second in the race for April’s presidential election, is looking to use the US president-elect’s early successes as evidence that her own protectionist and anti-immigration platform can deliver benefits for the French. She called on voters to join the wave of populism sweeping through western democracies and throw out an elite that is "incapable of shaping the country’s fate." Ford cancelled plans for a $1.6bn expansion of a plant in Mexico on Tuesday to add po...
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