Free trade Quote by Walter Block

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

— Frans Timmermans

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

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

— Wilbur Ross

Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and…

— Manmohan Singh

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war. The wars of our age are not at variance with popular economic doctrines; they are,…

— Ludwig von Mises

Protectionism is something that will hurt everybody, but especially the United States.

— Juan Manuel Santos

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

— 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

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

Protectionism in all its forms should be rejected, and efforts should be made to discipline measures that constitute barriers to trade.

— Sushma Swaraj

A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade.

— Thorstein Veblen

We have to be vigilant against protectionism and be constantly making the argument for free trade.

— Andrew Scheer