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Tariffs protect ill-considered government policies, such as costly regulations and high taxes on labor and capital that make our goods uncompetitive in international markets.

— Paul Craig Roberts

Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging…

— Ha-Joon Chang

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.

— David Suzuki

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

Few countries have become rich through free-trade, free-market policies, and few ever will.

— Ha-Joon Chang

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

— Matt Ridley

Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce…

— Chris Martin

The problem with tariffs is they shift higher costs onto the backs of non-protected industries and consumers.

— Stephen Moore

In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.

— Joseph Stiglitz

The benefits of a tariff are visible. Union workers can see they are "protected". The harm which a tariff does is invisible. It's spread…

— Milton Friedman

The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of…

— Edmund Burke

It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or…

— N. R. Narayana Murthy