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One key problem affecting trade which can make it unfair 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 and/or are heavy polluters of the air and water.  

One key problem affecting trade which can make it unfair 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 and/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 so-called "authoritarian" and totalitarian governments, U.S. companies such as [[Google]] that try to do business in those countries frequently help the target country 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>

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 so-called "authoritarian" or totalitarian governments, U.S. companies such as [[Google]] that try to do business in those countries frequently help the target country 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>

The [[COVID-19]] pandemic was a byproduct of free trade with China, at the cost of many trillions of dollars to the United States.

The spread of the [[COVID-19]] pandemic was a byproduct of free trade with China, at the cost of many trillions of dollars to the United States.

Misguided free trade can exist between a potential future enemy of a country, leading to national security problems and greater defense costs.  [[China]], for example, uses free trade to fund its military and suppress its people, which increases military defense costs in the United States.

Misguided free trade can exist between a potential future enemy of a country, leading to national security problems and greater defense costs.  [[China]], for example, uses the profits from free trade to fund its military and suppress its people, which increases military defense costs in the United States.

Free trade can also have undesired side effects, such as a massive loss of manufacturing jobs by the wealthier trading partner though a mechanism known as [[offshoring]] jobs to a trading partner having cheaper labor.  Moreover, nearly all of the benefits of free trade can accrue to the trading partner or its government, which may be an enemy of the wealthier trading partner. Additionally, free trade leads to reduced independence and [[sovereignty]] of a country, makes it dependent on other nations (including geopolitical enemies), and leads to [[one-world government]]. Globalists push for free trade for such reasons, rather than to improve trade.<ref>Scaliger, Charles (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/29719-free-trade-isn-t-really-about-trade “Free Trade” Isn’t Really About Trade]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.</ref>

Free trade can also have undesired side effects, such as a massive loss of manufacturing jobs by the wealthier trading partner though a mechanism known as [[offshoring]] jobs to a trading partner having cheaper labor.  Moreover, nearly all of the benefits of free trade can accrue to the trading partner or its government, which may be an enemy of the wealthier trading partner. Additionally, free trade leads to reduced independence and [[sovereignty]] of a country, makes it dependent on other nations (including geopolitical enemies), and leads to [[one-world government]]. Globalists push for free trade for such reasons, rather than to improve trade.<ref>Scaliger, Charles (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/29719-free-trade-isn-t-really-about-trade “Free Trade” Isn’t Really About Trade]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.</ref>