John Dingell Quotes

The E.U., China, and Japan all talk free trade, and they all practice protectionism.

Too many countries that do not play by the free trade rules of the World Trade Organization - including, notably mercantilist China and monopolist Saudi Arabia - have been allowed in, to the detriment of both the WTO and the liberal trading environment it is supposed to sponsor.

Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided.

The countries we are defending are stealing our markets.

That foreign trade should be fair rather than free.

Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.

Trade wars aren't started by countries appealing to respected, independent trade authorities. Rather, trade wars begin when one country decides to violate international trade rules to undercut another country's industries.

The British government should use every kind of cheating that other governments use to promote their products.

The arguments for protection are more easily made attractive than those for free trade.

It's not just free trade verses protectionism any longer, you've got the concepts of managed trade and reciprocity, and environmental issues.

Protectionism is something that will hurt everybody, but especially the United States.

China is the most protectionist country of the very large countries. They talk more about free trade than they actually practice.

Consider trade protectionism. It's been tried - and found wanting - since the Great Depression.

We all know that China is not a free trader. That's the reality.

While never the darling of pure free traders, measures to combat dumping, subsidies, and injurious import surges have always been deemed essential by open economies like the United States to maintain support for trade.

Ask anybody on Main Street whether it makes any sense to allow foreign countries to charge higher tariffs than we charge them, and the answer will surely be a resounding 'heck no!'

The American people have been kicked in the teeth by unfair trade for decades.

The United States can't keep a completely open system if the rest of the world is less open. The United States may have to take a leaf out of the book of Japan, China, and Germany, and have protectionism inside the system.

It's not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what they're doing to this country, with the manipulation of the currency, that you write about and understand, and all of the other things that they do.

The time has come for the American government to recognize the damage that has occurred to our economy, and to take firm action to curtail what I believe is both unfair and illegal foreign competition.

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

A multilateral world trade system is our very best hope for addressing the broad range of issues such as market access, tariff and nontariff barriers to trade, trade in services, and trade facilitation.

Countries trade with one another for the same reasons that individuals, businesses, and regions do: to exploit their comparative advantages.

China must voluntarily cut back on exports to America otherwise American politics will become unmanageable.

The closest we can come to free trade is illuminating the barriers to free trade.