Protectionism involves government strategies designed to limit international trade to bolster domestic industries. These policies aim to enhance economic activity within a domestic market and address ...

State intervention has made a comeback. States have, in one way or another, always intervened in markets to develop specific industries and push innovation. But there has been a renaissance since the ...

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 ...

It has become commonplace to talk about a rise in protectionism around the world, not least because it is true; protectionism is rising. Anti-dumping tariffs on steel, for example, have been imposed ...

The international economic battle that President Donald J. Trump is waging on China as a well as on the U.S.'s closest allies is a full-fledged example of free trade versus protectionism. Trump argues ...

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 ...

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s protectionist prescriptions have led to renewed speculation about whether trade wars are on the horizon. In other words, if, under a Trump presidency, ...

A few weeks ago, borne out of the twin pillars of alternative facts’ whitewash (or just mendacity for shorthand) and nationalism, Donald Trump was sworn in as America’s 45th president. Reality ...

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 ...

LONDON (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 race for a ...