Argument Quote by Andrew Scheer

The E.U., China, and Japan all talk free trade, and they all practice protectionism.

— Wilbur Ross

Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global economy.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity. Free trade…

— Walter Block

Why, when the economist gives advice to his society, is he so often cooly ignored? He never ceases to preach free trade, and protectionism…

— George Stigler

“For centuries England has relied on protection, has carried it to extremes, and has obtained satisfactory results from it. There is no doubt that…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Inflationism, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. It is only one piece in the total framework of politico-economic and socio-philosophical ideas of our time.…

— Ludwig von Mises

We need to fight protectionism with everything that we have because when there's a level playing field and when you have open markets and…

— Condoleezza Rice

The message from history is so blatantly obvious - that free trade causes mutual prosperity while protectionism causes poverty - that it seems incredible…

— Matt Ridley

In a world dependent on international trade and commerce, and staggering under a heavy load of international debt, no policy is more destructive than…

— Hans F. Sennholz

Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a…

— Brian Behlendorf

Protectionism has never been an answer, will never be an answer. We need trade. We need trade agreements worldwide.

— Frans Timmermans

We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We…

— Hugo Chavez