Protectionism and Free Trade

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Richard Martin

Tariff supporters claim that implementing tariffs will result in new jobs at home. What they fail to point out is that many people depend upon imports for work. The tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports are a case in point.

Connor O'Keeffe

While President Trump‘s tariffs certainly are causing economic harm, they alone could not cause a recession had there not already been years of artificial credit expansion.

Paul F. Cwik

Frederic Bastiat is an often unsung hero of 19th-century economic thought. His lessons on freedom and trade are timeless and what he wrote nearly two centuries ago is still relevant today.

Eduard Bucher

The only beneficiaries of the increase in tariffs are the government and a few companies that benefit from limited competition while everyone else is worse off.

Douglas French

Liberation Day morphed into an Obliteration Day of everyone’s retirement account in a matter of minutes as Trump’s tariffs were announced.

Stephen Anderson

President Trump issued separate presidential proclamations to increase tariffs to 25 percent on all US steel imports and raise tariffs from 10 to 25 percent on all aluminum imports. What are some of the unintended consequences?