[Mariner]

“Free traders in a mercantilist world are suckers. We call their countries colonies, eventually.”

And we call Free-Traders, Traitors.

It’s like going to war with nothing but a white flag. You will be raided and dismantled by the other countries of the world.

[TBP]

Again, trade boosts all countries’ economies (including ours) and creates wealth, which is what it’s really about.

http://fortune.com/2011/06/22/how-free-trade-deals-create-u-s-jobs/

https://www.cato.org/publications/trade-briefing-paper/blessings-free-trade

https://capx.co/free-trade-doesnt-destroy-jobs-it-creates-them/

http://dailysignal.com/2011/08/09/how-free-trade-helps-employment-and-the-economy/

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/10/protectionism-kills-jobs-as-demonstrated-in-chattanooga/

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-01/u-s-protectionism-kills-jobs-and-competitiveness

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0716/ponnuru070516.php3

http://www.freetochoose.tv/quicktake_channel/qt_program.php?id=dead_wrong_protectionism&series=dead_wrong