Free Trade versus Protectionism

Tags: Protectionism and Free Trade

07/31/2024 Carmen Elena Dorobăț

What has been the rhetoric and what has been the reality of trade policy? Where do we stand at this point in time? Why don’t trade agreements work? Where should we concentrate our efforts in the future if we want to champion this fight?

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 31, 2024.

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