Protectionist Angst Is ‘Made in America’ — So Are Lots of Other Things

Protectionist Angst Is ‘Made in America’ — So Are Lots of Other Things

Over the years, I — like all defenders of free trade — have had countless conversations with protectionists who are tenacious in searching for weaknesses in the case for free trade. What follows is a composite of some key exchanges in many of those conversations. Every point below that “Protectionist” makes is one that real people have served up to me on several occasions. Except for the composite nature of this conversation between “Protectioni…