George Will certainly doesn’t like the sounds of that.

Proving himself less principled than Bill Clinton regarding the free-trade principles that are indispensable to world prosperity and comity, President Bush has done what Clinton refused to do. In the name of providing *breathing space* for the U.S. steel industry, which has been on the respirator of protection for decades, Bush has cooked up an unpalatable confection of tariffs and import quotas that mock his free-trade rhetoric.

I think it’s a tough call. While I agree that free trade is the right answer in the long run, what do you say to the steel workers and their families when they can’t find a job because of the recession?