, ▁Th ailand , ▁K uw ait , ▁Malays ia , ▁Q atar , ▁South ▁Korea , ▁Colombia , ▁and ▁Pan ama , ▁with ▁some ▁being ▁completed ▁during ▁President ▁Ob ama ' s ▁first ▁term ▁in ▁office ▁( 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 3 ). ▁ ▁However , ▁Bush ▁res orted ▁to ▁protection ist ▁policies ▁on ▁occasion . ▁Tar iffs ▁on ▁imported ▁steel ▁and ▁on ▁Canadian ▁soft wood ▁l umber ▁were ▁controvers ial ▁in ▁light ▁of ▁his ▁advoc acy ▁of ▁free ▁market ▁policies ▁in ▁other ▁areas . ▁The ▁steel ▁tar iff ▁was ▁later ▁lifted ▁after ▁the ▁World ▁Trade ▁Organ ization ▁ruled ▁them ▁illegal . ▁Bush ▁explained ▁that ▁the ▁saf egu ard ▁measures ▁had ▁" ach ieved ▁their ▁purpose ", ▁and ▁" as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁changed ▁economic ▁circumstances ", ▁it ▁was ▁time ▁to ▁lift ▁them . ▁A ▁negoti ated ▁settlement ▁to ▁the ▁soft wood ▁l umber ▁dispute ▁was ▁reached ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁and ▁the ▁historic ▁seven - year ▁deal ▁was ▁final ized ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁Reg ulation ▁▁ ▁Some ▁say ▁economic ▁reg ulation ▁expanded ▁rapidly ▁during ▁the ▁Bush ▁administration . ▁President ▁Bush ▁is ▁described ▁by ▁these ▁obser vers ▁as ▁the ▁biggest ▁reg ulator ▁since ▁President ▁Richard ▁N ixon . ▁Bush ▁administration ▁increased ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁new ▁pages ▁in ▁the ▁Federal ▁Reg istry , ▁a ▁proxy ▁for ▁economic ▁reg ulation , ▁from ▁ 6 4 , 4 3 8 ▁new ▁pages ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1