Protectionism
Protectionism, sometimes noted to as trade protectionism, is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such(a) as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, as living as a manner of other government regulations. Proponents argue that protectionist policies shield a producers, businesses, together with workers of the import-competing sector in the country from foreign competitors; however, they also reduce trade and adversely affect consumers in general by raising the make up of imported goods, and harm the producers and workers in export sectors, both in the country implementing protectionist policies and in the countries protected against.
There is a consensus among economists that protectionism has a negative case on economic growth and economic welfare, while free trade and the reduction of trade barriers name a significantly positive case on economic growth. Some scholars, such(a) as Douglas Irwin, realise implicated protectionism as the cause of some economic crises, near notably the Great Depression. Although trade liberalization can sometimes solution in large and unequally distributed losses and gains, and can, in the short run, cause significant economic dislocation of workers in import-competing sectors, free trade has advantages of lowering costs of goods and services for both producers and consumers.