Protectionism

Tweet George Will explains the danger of dabbling in protectionism. A slice: Protectionists, who are comfortable with cognitive dissonance, say their policy is necessary because economic conditions would be even better with more protection. And they say pro…

Wall Street was setting up for a tough start to the week on Monday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures down over 300 points as investors waited for countermeasures from China after trade talks with the U.S. appeared to end in a stalemate. How did the …

David Flood, Director of India and South Asia, Enterprise Ireland One of the centres for aircraft leasing, companies from Ireland made up a bulk of lessors to Indias oldest private airline Jet Airways, which temporarily suspended operations last month. Howev…

For more than two centuries, economists have shown that protectionism hurts most of the residents of the country that is supposedly protected, irrespective of whether the governments of other countries do the same to their subjects or not. Joan Robinson, the …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered a full-throated defense of Canada’s place in an increasingly anxious, nativist, protectionist world on Thursday, arguing that Canadian faith in the merits of trade makes us uniquely positioned to lead the way forward. Ci…

Brussels (AFP) - The European Commission cut its eurozone growth forecast for 2019 on Tuesday, with overspending by populist-run Italy again a concern. In its quarterly forecast, the EU executive blamed the downward trend on the slowdown in China and US prot…

Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzed the per capita GDP growth of 71 economies over 50 years. The results were striking. About one in four were “outperformers,” with real annual per capita GDP growth of 3.5 percent for the entire period…

Donald Trump is finding religion. Or at least, religion is finding its way into his remarks and his campaign’s rhetoric to an unprecedented extent. On Thursday, the president celebrated the National Day of Prayer at the White House, and he said the Almighty h…

He told CNBC that “the actual reversal of globalization started over seven years ago,” as countries worldwide initiated more protectionist policies. Roche projected that even China will see most of its future growth come from domestic pursuits. Also on rt.c…

London: China's ambassador to Britain says tech giant Huawei should be allowed to help upgrade the U.K.'s communications network, urging the government to resist "protectionism" and ignore pressure from other countries. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Ambass…