Tuto myšlenku v roce 1986 poprvé navrhli Robert Z. Lawrence a Robert Litan v knize Saving Free Trade (Jak zachránit volný obchod) a v roce 2001 ji Litan spolu s Lori Kletzerovou znovu oživili v novinovém článku.
The idea was first proposed by Robert Z. Lawrence and Robert Litan in their 1986 book, Saving Free Trade, andrevived in a 2001 article by Litan and Lori Kletzer.