| ID | 145602 |
| Title Proper | Defending free trade |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ezrati, Milton |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | THE NEED to fight protectionism may well stand as one of America’s clearest and most vital national interests. From the voting booth to the country’s foreign-policy establishment, action is needed to defend free trade and shift away from past, unnecessarily partisan trade policies. Protectionism has destroyed prosperity time and again. The most dramatic illustration emerges from the history of the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of the 1930s. Sen. Reed Smoot and Rep. |
| `In' analytical Note | National Interest Vol. 144; Jul-Aug 2016: p.51-55 |
| Journal Source | National Interest 2016-07 |
| Key Words | Free Trade ; U.S. National Interest ; Protectionist Rhetoric ; Endangers America |