Learn about protectionism and its tools like tariffs, quotas, and subsidies, used to shield domestic industries and impact ...

Many conservatives have embraced a big government philosophy that rejects free trade and supports various types of protectionism. Yet, on claim after claim, protectionist arguments fall short. The ...

There is hardly a soul in political life who wishes to be called a protectionist. The epithet stirs up images of Sen. Reed Smoot and Rep. Willis Hawley agreeing in 1930 to undercut the world trading ...

LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France accused Washington on Friday of setting the wrong example on protectionism, suggesting there had not been a level playing field in the ...