Breitbart Business Digest: Keeping U.S. Steel American Isn’t Protectionism

If something is running amok in the United States trade policy, it sure doesn’t look like protectionism., the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Those backing the steel deal are quick to slap opposition with the “protectionism” label, but that’s a word historically reserved for domestic big fish wanting to keep the international minnows out of their pond, padding their profits by hiding behind the shield of “saving American jobs.” In this case, it’s a peculiar reversal—If we’re concerned about businesses twisting policy for anti-competitive gains, our antennas should be up right now.

More broadly, the U.S. economy is anything but a protectionist economy, as understood in the traditional sense.A director at the American Enterprise Institute is warning that protectionism has run amok in the US.Basically, a protectionist policy holds down domestic consumption by keeping out imports and sending domestic production abroad. This benefits the bottom line of the domestic producers partially at the expense of the household sector, just as the free traders claim.

In other words, our economy is shaped by protectionism and trade policies—just not ones set by our government.that are designed to subsidize their semiconductor, electric vehicle, consumer electronics, or other industries.

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