Borders Quote by Matt Ridley

“free trade economists have argued that the mere co-existence of protectionism and economic development does not prove that the former caused the latter. This…

— Ha-Joon Chang

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

— Wilbur Ross

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

Basically, the myth is that America has been founded on the free market; the government has done very little; it has thrived under free…

— Ha-Joon Chang

The way - the principle way that human beings had gotten out of extreme poverty is free trade.

— Charles Koch

Free trade is the serial killer of American manufacturing and the Trojan Horse of world government. It is the primrose path to the loss…

— Pat Buchanan

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

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

Free trade will go a long way toward alleviating poverty in Central America. Yet trade alone is not enough.

— Óscar Arias

Free trade is the way to bring jobs and prosperity.

— Priti Patel

Rich countries want unfettered access to poor countries' markets, which are often heavily protected by tariffs, but they don't want to give up all…

— Daniel Altman

Free trade has been proven, time and again, as a reliable path to economic development. It pushes the public and private sectors alike toward…

— Jonah Goldberg