Discover Frederic Bastiat's influence as a 19th-century economist known for critiquing protectionism and promoting free trade ...

US Delegation, including US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (2nd R) and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (R) talks with the Chinese Delegation including Vice Premier Liu He (2nd L) during ...

Many conservatives have embraced a big government philosophy that rejects free trade and supports various types of protectionism. Yet, on claim after claim, protectionist arguments fall short. The ...

General consensus doesn’t get much more general than U.S. and European economists’ nearly universal support for unrestricted trade and opposition to most or all forms of economic protectionism. More ...

Economists go on endless diatribes against tariffs and quotas as costly policies that raise prices to consumers and slow economic growth. There is considerable truth to this story, even if economists ...

A continuation of the international fault-finding mind-set toward the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will only put the US at a disadvantage as the initiative has grown in importance in ...

Trump’s promise to impose taxes of 10-20 percent on all imports (more for imports from China) has put protectionism front and center in U.S. policy debates. Economists are for the most part saluting ...

Feb 24 (Reuters) - Britain's auto industry said on Friday it was looking to the upcoming budget to help boost competitiveness and investment in the sector in light of "increasing protectionism" that ...