Trade Barriers
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The Issue: Tariffs and quotas serve only
to give special treatment to favored special interests and to diminish the
welfare of consumers and other individuals, as do point-of-origin or content
regulation. These measures also reduce the scope of contracts and understanding
among different peoples.
The Principle: Individuals trading with
individuals in other nations, voluntarily, should be the sole source of regulation
of international free markets. All trade barriers are unnecessary and burdensome
constraints.
Solutions: We support abolition of all
trade barriers and all government-sponsored export- promotion programs, as
well as the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Court of International
Trade. We affirm this as a unilateral policy, independent of the trade policies
of other nations.
Transitional Action: We advocate a complete
and unilateral withdrawal of the United States from all international trade
agreements, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and
the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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