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'''Free trade''' is often a [[Liberal euphemisms|misleading term]] for managed trade between nations without [[tariffs]], [https://freeenterprisecenter.net/free-trade quotas] or [https://freeenterprisecenter.net/free-trade subsidies] applying to the goods exchanged. Early proponents of free trade were the British economist [[Adam Smith]] and David Ricardo who developed the term in its modern form. Smith and Ricardo argued that some countries have specializations which give them a comparative advantage.  

'''Free trade''' is often a [[Liberal euphemisms|misleading term]] for managed trade between nations without [[tariffs]], [https://freeenterprisecenter.net/free-trade quotas] or [https://freeenterprisecenter.net/free-trade subsidies] applying to the goods exchanged. Early proponents of free trade were the British economist [[Adam Smith]] and David Ricardo who developed the term in its modern form. Smith and Ricardo argued that some countries have specializations which give them a comparative advantage.  

One key problem affecting trade which can make it unfair fair is state subsidies and state-run companies. Since one nation has little control over another nation, without some sort of agreement between two nations, unfair trade  harms a particular group of people in one nation, such as laborers or consumers.  Free trade suppresses wages and reduces job opportunities in the wealthier nation (e.g., the [[United States]]), and transfers wealth to the elite in the poorer nation (e.g., [[China]]). When the U.S. enters "free" trade agreements with authoritarian and totalitarian governments, U.S. companies such as [[Google]] that try to do business in those countries frequently help them enforce their repression.<ref>Bokhari, Allum (February 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/02/17/bokhari-free-trade-or-global-tyranny/ Bokhari: Free Trade Leads to Globalized Tyranny]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref> Other practices which can cause unfair trade is that some countries have a large amount of sweatshop labor or are heavy polluters of the air and water.

One key problem affecting trade which can make it unfair fair is state subsidies and state-run companies. Other practices which can cause unfair trade is that some countries have a large amount of sweatshop labor or are heavy polluters of the air and water.

 

Since one nation has little control over another nation, without some sort of agreement between two nations, unfair trade  harms a particular group of people in one nation, such as laborers or consumers.  Free trade suppresses wages and reduces job opportunities in the wealthier nation (e.g., the [[United States]]), and transfers wealth to the elite in the poorer nation (e.g., [[China]]). When the U.S. enters "free" trade agreements with authoritarian and totalitarian governments, U.S. companies such as [[Google]] that try to do business in those countries frequently help them enforce their repression.<ref>Bokhari, Allum (February 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/02/17/bokhari-free-trade-or-global-tyranny/ Bokhari: Free Trade Leads to Globalized Tyranny]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 18, 2019.</ref>

Liberal revisionists claim that free trade is a "conservative" political position, despite right-wing politics in the United States spanning the nation's foundation up until the mid–20th century supporting economic [[protectionism]] while free trade was actively promoted by liberal-leaning, progressive activists.

Liberal revisionists claim that free trade is a "conservative" political position, despite right-wing politics in the United States spanning the nation's foundation up until the mid–20th century supporting economic [[protectionism]] while free trade was actively promoted by liberal-leaning, progressive activists.