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Is it consistent to favor the free exchange of goods within a nation but to support trade restrictions on imported products?

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I would say it is consistent to favour the free circulation of goods within one's own country but also import restrictions because in both cases one is trying to protect the sale of products made within one's country. What is not consistent is to say one favours free trade and then when one is  affected too much by foreign goods competition to then slap import penalties on other countries but still expect to flood other markets with the goods of one's country.
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