The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The idea that you could send agricultural products to Tokyo and Osaka and not pay tariffs, and you would have to pay… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
Manufacturing value chains are global. Many U.S.-made goods have foreign components. Slapping on tariffs will raise prices and slow imports, but it… — David Autor Copy Share Image
We must deal with Chinese theft of intellectual property, though no one is sure that tariffs are the solution. — John Layfield Copy Share Image
My belief is that the U.S. is looking at the world through a short-term lens of tariffs and elections, while China is… — John Layfield Copy Share Image
Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Agricultural products ranging from citrus and dairy to beef and chicken face stifling tariffs or nontariff barriers in many countries around the… — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
Tariffs have almost never saved a domestic industry from decline and, often times, by sheltering domestic producers from competition, only reward and… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the short run… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Every businessman is in favor of freedom for everybody else, but when it comes to himself that's a different question. He's always… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Availability of the best also is limited in our culture. And it's also extremely expensive. It's ridiculous. A kilogram of rose oil… — Horst Rechelbacher Copy Share Image
We want a comprehensive package that covers export subsidies, tariffs and overall levels of support. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is making… — Kevin Watkins Copy Share Image
Do you seriously propose that they are going to be so insane as to allow tariffs to be imposed. The EU is,… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
From the Anarchist standpoint, these artificial hindrances which are the cause of three main forms of usury-interest, profit, and rent, are, in… — Laurance Labadie Copy Share Image
Legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways; hence, there are an infinite number of plans for organizing it:… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
What [Donald] has put up for question is this idea of tariffs. Initially, he said if China won't stop taking advantage of… — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
The reality is that until we can agree on a formula that reduces tariffs globally we cannot meet this Doha promise for… — Rob Portman Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] basically has said, 'No it's more of a threat than an actual reality.' I do not think we're going to… — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time… — Henry George Copy Share Image
France would be reluctant to embrace any proposal by the European Commission to slash agricultural tariffs if it threatened the European Union's… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
If you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to… — Vijay Mallya Copy Share Image
If you put tariffs in place, it creates inflation. If you put inflation in place, you have to raise interest rates. You… — Bill Browder Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is not a protectionist. If he imposes tariffs on China or any other country that cheats, all he wants to… — Peter Navarro Copy Share Image
TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Because of the Korean free trade agreement, South Koreans who want Oregon blueberries are gonna see their prices go down because we… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products. — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
Ask anybody on Main Street whether it makes any sense to allow foreign countries to charge higher tariffs than we charge them,… — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
There is no tariff so injurious as that with which sectarian bigotry guards its commodities. It dwarfs the soul by shutting out… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I'm sure the apple guys from Washington state or the corn guy from Iowa will not like tariffs on corn or apples. — Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Copy Share Image
We're already in a trade war with China. The problem is we've not been fighting back. Trump, through tariffs, wants to call… — Peter Navarro Copy Share Image
The truth is that tariffs have a long and storied history as both a revenue-raising tool and a way of protecting strategically… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Used strategically, tariffs can increase revenue to the Treasury, encourage businesses to restore production and reduce our reliance on industrial production from… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises,… — Herbert J. Muller Copy Share Image
Tariffs can't be inflationary because if the price of one thing goes up, unless you give people more money, then they have… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
China is the world's biggest exporter, but they're also the people with one of the highest tariffs on imports in the whole… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share Image
Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity.… — Walter Block Copy Share Image
In almost every case, whenever a tariff or quota is imposed on imports, that tax is strongly supported by the domestic industry… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Many students don't really like it (fashion). If they don't like it, they won't be able to tell you who the stylists… — Louise Wilson Copy Share Image