Quotes About Protectionism

Protectionist politicians cannot stand the notion of a fossil-fuel-rich America maintaining record levels of production through exports.

I don't believe in open borders, I don't think that would work. I think economically they're a disaster. Therefore there's nothing wrong with strong borders.

Tariffs have almost never saved a domestic industry from decline and, often times, by sheltering domestic producers from competition, only reward and prolong bad business practices.

The United States can't keep a completely open system if the rest of the world is less open. The United States may have to take a leaf out of the book of Japan, China, and Germany, and have protectionism inside the system.

Trade protectionism has an American lineage dating back to the Founders; that lineage is distinct from white nationalism.

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

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

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

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

There's a tendency in many politicians to become inward-looking, more protectionist, more nationalistic and more defensive, in the bad sense of the word.

What created the Canons, the Samsungs, the Acers and so on in Japan, Korea and Taiwan was the marriage of infant industry protection and market forces, involving (initially) subsidised exports and competition between manufacturers that vied for state support.

Imported consumer goods were either banned or enormously expensive due to high tariffs,

It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players.

China is the most protectionist country of the very large countries. They talk more about free trade than they actually practice.

Making America great again, as if to keep the world out. The world and all its fresh ideas and everything that's new and exhilarating and the wind of change that should blow through the world - block it out, wall ourselves up. That for me goes with a small vocabulary. A narrow, confining vocabulary.

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

There are some who want to move us back to the days when we were protectionists and keep all goods off our shores.

You may be cajoled into imagining that your own special trade or your own industry will be encouraged by a protective tariff, but it stands to reason that such legislation must in the long run keep away wealth from the country, diminish the value of our imports, and lower the general conditions of life in this island.

We must put American workers first.

It's time we had a president who stood up for American workers first.

We shouldn't bring in foreign workers to do jobs that belong to U.S. citizens.

U.S. trade policy has been a disaster for American workers.

I don't know that free trade... is good for our country and good for Iowa and Iowa workers.

Every increase of protective duties is necessarily followed, in the present condition of our country, by an expansion of the currency, which must continue to increase till the increased price of production, caused by the expansion, shall be equal to the duty imposed, when a new tariff will be required.