Trade and Immigration

Free Trade

Voluntary economic exchange is inherently fair. Government intervention in that process on behalf of some citizens at the expense of others is inherently unfair. That is the compelling, moral justification for a world without trade barriers: free trade respects the sanctity of individuals to decide how and with whom to transact; protectionism coerces individuals to make particular decisions to the benefit of chosen parties. Beyond the moral case, free markets are essential to prosperity, and widening the circle of people with whom we transact by eliminating trade barriers...