Editing Rush Limbaugh (section)

===Trade===
In 1993, Limbaugh supported the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA), joking in response to claims that it would lead to a transfer of [[unskilled labor]] to [[Mexico]] that this would leave the United States with only better jobs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rush Limbaugh on Free Trade |website=www.ontheissues.org |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Rush_Limbaugh_Free_Trade.htm|access-date=May 23, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190523172631/http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Rush_Limbaugh_Free_Trade.htm}}</ref> During a 1993 televised debate against [[Ross Perot|H. Ross Perot]] over NAFTA, Vice President [[Al Gore]] complimented Limbaugh as one of the "distinguished Americans" who pushed NAFTA forward in spite of the intense animosity between Limbaugh and the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|administration]] of President Bill Clinton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/10/Gore-says-Perot-will-gain-financially-with-defeat-of-NAFTA/2645752907600/|title=Gore says Perot will gain financially with defeat of NAFTA|website=UPI|access-date=May 23, 2019|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523223522/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/10/Gore-says-Perot-will-gain-financially-with-defeat-of-NAFTA/2645752907600/|url-status=live}}</ref> He later became more critical of NAFTA and [[trade agreement]]s in general, claiming that they had reduced national [[sovereignty]] by "subordinating" America to "world tribunals, like the [[World Trade Organization]] and the [[International Criminal Court]] and this kind of thing."<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Didn't They Promise NAFTA Would End Mass Migration?|website=The Rush Limbaugh Show|url=https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/04/03/didnt-promise-nafta-end-mass-migration/|access-date=May 23, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523181138/https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/04/03/didnt-promise-nafta-end-mass-migration/}}</ref> He also claimed that promises to stem [[mass migration]] by invigorating the [[Latin American economy]] had failed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Here's Why I Led with NAFTA Yesterday|website=The Rush Limbaugh Show |url=https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/10/02/heres-why-i-led-with-nafta-yesterday/|access-date=May 23, 2019|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523181140/https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/10/02/heres-why-i-led-with-nafta-yesterday/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":5"/> He supported a renegotiation of NAFTA and the eventual [[United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement]].<ref name=":5"/>

Limbaugh defended the [[first Trump tariffs]] and the [[China–United States trade war]] as a legitimate response to predatory Chinese trade practices and its [[Communism|Communist]] [[Planned economy|command economy]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/05/13/why-we-must-hang-with-trump-on-tariffs/ |title=Why We Must Hang with Trump on Tariffs|website=The Rush Limbaugh Show|access-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523181142/https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/05/13/why-we-must-hang-with-trump-on-tariffs/|archive-date=May 23, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/06/01/trumps-tariffs-are-a-negotiation/|title=Trump's Tariffs Are a Negotiation|website=The Rush Limbaugh Show|access-date=May 23, 2019|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523194212/https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/06/01/trumps-tariffs-are-a-negotiation/|url-status=live}}</ref>