Talk:Protectionism in the United States

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I'd be happy to start working on this page, but I'm uncertain as to what the purpose of it is. As the page stands, it seems to focus primarily on United States protectionist policies during and prior to the Civil War era- does anyone have issues with expanding it outside of that limited scope to cover additional protectionist tariffs that followed the Civil War era and legislation that has circumvented protectionism such as NAFTA? L.cash.m (talk) 20:11, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Public Polling on Protectionism
I am thinking of adding a section on the polling of protectionism, and how that has affected policy. These are the sources I am planning to use (in APA except for the raw polls) Winslett, G. (2016), Public Opinion Distribution and Party Competition in US Trade Policy. World Econ, 39: 1128-1145. doi:10.1111/twec.12409

Kull, S. (2001). Culture wars? how americans and europeans view globalization. The Brookings Review, 19(4), 18-21.

Kono, D. (2008). Does Public Opinion Affect Trade Policy? Business and Politics, 10(2), 1-19. doi:10.2202/1469-3569.1224

Polling from http://www.pollingreport.com/trade.htm, recent national polling on international trade

Joe Biden
There's a preponderance of reliable sources discussing the Biden administration's protectionist trade policies. They publish weekly so this is just from today and so on. This one was published by an economist in Foreign Affairs towards the beginning of Biden's term.

The sources highlighting the Biden administration's protectionism are so abundant that I could think of no valid reason, consistent with the encyclopedia's policies, not to open up a section on him. What do you think? Jonathan f1 (talk) 22:16, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

numerous potential npov issues here
For example,

"This overall gain from free trade is area Z, although there are winners (consumers) and losers (domestic firms and their employees).

The losers of free trade are domestic firms that compete with foreign imports, not all domestic firms "and their employees". You might want to clarify this. It is expected of protectionists to zero in on the import side of trade and ignore the export sector where all of the jobs are added.

Also,

"Apart from wool and woolens, American industry and agriculture—and industrial workers—had become the most efficient in the world by the 1880s as they took the lead in the worldwide Industrial Revolution."

This is unsourced and almost certainly untrue.

And finally (for now at least), what is the deal with the "sociological effects" section? Why is this important and why must Robert Christopher Lasch be cited? Jonathan f1 (talk) 20:32, 6 December 2022 (UTC)