From the National Post:
“I want to see what kind of language we can … work on this issue,” [Obama] added. “I think it would be a mistake, though, at a time when worldwide trade is declining for us to start sending a message that somehow we’re just looking after ourselves and not concerned with world trade.”
Do you disagree with your President? If so, why?
I’m actually quite interested to know why you—someone who has taken great pains to convince me that Third World corporate factories are wrong—would be in favor of protectionism.
And calling me “Chicagoan” or “Friedman” isn’t enough. I’m not trying to goad you into an argument; just trying to figure if you’ve written me off just because I sound like Friedman and von Mises. (Because we both know how unfair that would be.)
[...] threw down a friendly gauntlet earlier which I’m reluctant to pick up for several reasons: 1) protectionism is a label [...]