Well the EU do not consider for example creating the GSM standard to be "protectionist" but a great success in setting standards that created a reasonably non fragmented industry that was world class.

GSM was not created by European governments though. It was created by ETSI which is independent. And newer standards are international collaborations: as is so often the case as technology gets more complicated, it ends up being a creation of humanity rather than one geographical region vs another.

ETSI is part of the EU mechansims, as the telecom standards body, and the EU decided to mandate a shared standard.

The only person who caught on to protectionism, and yet, so many down votes. My one insignificant upvote to you sir or madam.