Protectionism and Free Trade

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Matthew Cookson

President Trump is levying high tariffs without consent of Congress, despite the fact that the US Constitution gives only Congress the power to set tax rates. It is time for Congress to stop redelegating its lawfully-delegated powers.

Tate Fegley

Either tariffs raise revenue from foreign imports or make imports expensive enough to protect domestic producers, not both. There is nothing magical about tariffs. They are taxes and they are paid by you.

Amir Iraji

Tariffs block the entrepreneurial discovery process that is essential for progress. Tariffs and protectionist policies are damaging in all respects.

Conor Sanderson

Whatever the case, what the Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act translates to is another example of an egregious overstep in government authority.

Frank Shostak

What determines currency exchange rates? While “experts” present a number of theories such as trade balance, the most important factor is the purchasing power of the currencies in question.

Don Olanrewaju

African nations such as Nigeria and Kenya desperately need market economies and freedom from the socialism and statism that infects the governing elite of that continent.

Connor O'Keeffe

Making it harder to do business with Americans is not the way to help domestic workers, small businesses, and everyone else in middle America who has been getting ripped off under our current political system.