Learn about protectionism and its tools like tariffs, quotas, and subsidies, used to shield domestic industries and impact ...

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 ...

There is hardly a soul in political life who wishes to be called a protectionist. The epithet stirs up images of Sen. Reed Smoot and Rep. Willis Hawley agreeing in 1930 to undercut the world trading ...

A few weeks ago, borne out of the twin pillars of alternative facts’ whitewash (or just mendacity for shorthand) and nationalism, Donald Trump was sworn in as America’s 45th president. Reality ...

The international economic battle that President Donald J. Trump is waging on China as a well as on the U.S.'s closest allies is a full-fledged example of free trade versus protectionism. Trump argues ...

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s protectionist prescriptions have led to renewed speculation about whether trade wars are on the horizon. In other words, if, under a Trump presidency, ...

LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France accused Washington on Friday of setting the wrong example on protectionism, suggesting there had not been a level playing field in the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France accused Washington on Friday of setting the wrong example on protectionism, suggesting there had not been a level playing field in the race for a ...