Whatever the justifications for, or consequences of, economic protectionism, it is an inescapable fact that as a policy that denies individuals the opportunity to trade freely, it is not compatible with individual rights. But what they offer us is a false alternative. In truth, protection of individual rights is an essential precondition for the very existence of jobs, as well as the only condition upon which having jobs is worthwhile. Without individual rights, jobs are worth nothing, just like they did in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany or Ancient Egypt. Without individual rights, jobs are nothing more than the assigned toil of slaves.
Individual rights are actually fundamental to create real jobs.
They go hand in hand, so to speak. Where individual rights are respected, job creation is a natural consequence. The best incentive to production, which means job creation, is the reward made possible by the right to property of the created products. People will work hard if they can keep what they earn. People won't care to work at all if they cannot.