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International Trade and Finance (EC3250) Assess the case for and against Protection The concept of 'free trade' has remained at the centre stage of analysis for international economists ever since Adam Smith's celebrated work 'Wealth of a Nation' and David Ricardo's doctrine of comparative advantage providing the essential theoretical framework for free trade. The case for free trade relies on the assumption that market prices reflect social costs, however, experience shows that this is no longer the case. As a result, there have been many calls for intervention, namely, protectionism. In this essay, we will look at the challenges to the doctrine of free trade, and see how a policy of intervention through protectionism may be favourable. Furthermore, we will also evaluate to determine whether the "new" trade theories1 under imperfectly competitive market conditions, as opposed to the perfectly competitive market conditions traditionally assumed, justify the case for protection. One of the...

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