In 1895, Theodore Roosevelt said, Thank God I am not a free-trader. ❋ Douglas A. Irwin (2010)
I'm not saying that Sen. Dole is necessarily a principled free-trader, but it's clear from that that a Sen. Bowles would have been worse. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The "free-trader" will respond: yes, but so has the janitor, the security guard, and on up the ladder. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Bhagwati is a passionate, very passionate, free-trader, but he has more complicated views on things like capital flows and regulation. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Good read, but it's still the same old free-trader mantra: Good, better, awesome, higher-paying, lower effort, higher productivity jobs will be created when other jobs are lost to offshore locations. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Democrats — all but five of whom voted in favor of the bill last week — would do well to remember that in 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran as a free-trader, pledging to lower Smoot-Hawley's tariff walls. ❋ Donald L. Luskin (2010)
He mentions in one of his articles that he was a free-trader just like you guys until not too many years ago. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Once, while visiting London, Bastiat had gone looking for Cobden, only to be told that the free-trader was making preparations to visit Manchester. ❋ James Grant (2011)
The 15 percent rise now has been offset by increased productivity in China, according to conservative economist C. Fred Bergsten, the free-trader and currency expert from the Peterson Institute for International Economics. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Mr. Rangel is a free-trader who also has sought to lower U.S. corporate tax rates in exchange for eliminating corporate loopholes. ❋ John D. McKinnon (2010)
In which case, can you really call yourself a free-trader? ❋ Unknown (2009)
I am a free-trader and I abhor, morally speaking, protectionism. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Our new strength in the Rockies and other purple areas (and with the independent centrists generally) had more to do with a combination of anti-Iraq sentiment and economic populism than anything else, while Hillary's a free-trader who's been one of the most pro-war Dems this side of Lieberman. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The question I have as a free-trader is what effect this has on social cohesion. ❋ Unknown (2009)
MANILA -- Joseph Estrada, onetime action-movie star and former president of the Philippines, is among the world's recent converts to protectionism: The former free-trader has made it his platform for a comeback campaign. ❋ Unknown (2009)
As for protectionism, Obama has shown repeatedly that he is not a free-trader. ❋ Unknown (2009)
That explains why from the perspective of America's trade partners in Asia, Obama is clearly not a happy free-trader a la President Bill Clinton. ❋ Unknown (2009)