Protectionism and Free Trade

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Kevin Van Elswyk

The entire existing trade system for milk is emblematic of governments’ convoluted intrusions into foreign trade and domestic protections.

Frank Shostak

President Trump claims that tariffs built American wealth. The truth is that tariffs cannot build wealth at all, only destroy it.

Mark Thornton

The media is spinning the story as a political hot potato: can tariff increases make up for the future revenue losses from extending the income tax reductions from President Trump’s first term?

Patrick Barron

The world‘s trading systems are broken, thanks to fiat currencies and the reckless deficit spending by the US government. There is a way out; it is called settling accounts in gold, which would force fiscal sanity once more.

Robert P. Murphy

How can we determine if a private company is a true partner of the state—truly benefiting from state power—or if the private company is really a victim of the state?

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.