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Putting tariffs on imported goods or setting other barriers to international trade can be tempting for politicians. They assume that many of their constituents believe that free trade is not fair trade and that other countries aren’t playing by the rules. This belief makes it easy for industry leaders to demand protection for their businesses and their workers—to “put America first.”

But Americans should resist the siren calls of protectionism. In this highly relevant protectionism primer, Pierre Lemieux shows what can happen if they don’t.

As the author demonstrates, trade between any two countries is fair for the same reasons as exchange between two individuals: it is to the benefit of both. Lemieux carefully refutes the arguments of those who would curtail Americans’ access to the benefits of international commerce—from the claim that we can boost economic growth by reducing imports to the belief that free trade leads to “shipping jobs overseas.”

Yes, manufacturing jobs are declining in this country and have been since the 1950s. But, as Lemieux points out, that’s in large part because Americans are making more advanced products more efficiently—that’s our comparative advantage. And this is happening as less-developed countries are producing more labor-intensive, low-tech goods—that’s their comparative advantage. All parties to a trade benefit.

Lemieux shows how free trade improves the lives of American consumers, especially the poor. The narrow agenda of the protectionists—to protect a small minority of producers at the expense of millions of their fellow Americans—is the wrong path for an increasingly diverse and complex economy. This concise primer shows you why.

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“President Donald Trump insists that the United States is getting ‘ripped off’ by other countries in trade. In this succinct book, Pierre Lemieux provides a great primer on the basics of trade and addresses all the complaints that have become part of the national conversation.” (Douglas Irwin, Darmouth College, author of Clashing over Commerce: A History of U.S. Trade Policy)

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Professor Pierre Lemieux is an economist affiliated with the Department of Management Sciences of the University of Quebec in Outaouais and a senior affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He has lectured at several universities in Canada and served as a consultant for a number of private and public organizations. Lemieux has written books on economics, public policy, and political philosophy, and he has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Canada’s Financial Post, and France’s Figaro Économie. He lives in Maine.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (August 27, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 142 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 153812212X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1538122129
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.22 x 0.46 x 7.99 inches

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New to trade issues? This is a great place to start.

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A “principles of” primer that starts strong and stays that way. The opening chapter on comparative advantage is probably the clearest explanation I’ve seen—countries with an absolute advantage in many industries, such as the U.S., should specialize in what they’re “more better” at, such as capital-intensive technology, aircraft, and services. Countries with an absolute disadvantage in productivity, such as China or Bangladesh, should specialize in what they’re “less worse” at—mostly labor-intensive assembly and low-skilled manufacturing. This kind of specialization reduces opportunity costs.

If the U.S. had a massive garment industry, for example, it would have to sacrifice untold billions of dollars of additional value it could create elsewhere. It can create more value by specializing in high-value-added sectors and leaving the rest to others, even if those others are less productive in absolute terms. That way there is more wealth to go around for everyone.

The rest of the book is just as good, especially the chapters on manufacturing and the trade deficit. Highly recommended, especially for people new to trade policy.

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