Reagan’s record as a protectionist is fairly obvious and striking.
Reagan was forced into a lot of things that were counter to his deeply held beliefs, because as you may know, we do not have kings…..we have Presidents….and he had a Democrat congress for the most part.
And those efforts were against what he would rather have done….he signed a lot of things that were not REAGANISM….but if you want to try and say that Reagan was against free trade…..please do…..so I can further embarrass you.
So striking that NAFTA was his idea, he was instrumental in the formation of the WTO, and he dreamed of a Free Trade Area of the Americas.