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===Free trade as a Cold War weapon===
===Free trade as a Cold War weapon===
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|250px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The modern [[Free trade]] movement grew up as a weapon in the ideological confrontation between [[capitalism]] and [[communism]] of the [[Cold War]] era. The capitalist nations favored free trade as a way to promote economic integration, reduce international tensions, and raise living standards; the communist nations - who rejected personal freedom and [[profit]], rejected the very idea of trade, unless trade is managed by and for the public treasury of communist regimes, who in turn dole out any gains from trade, if and when gains occur, to [[communist party]] members and friends.
The modern [[Free trade]] movement grew up as a weapon in the ideological confrontation between [[capitalism]] and [[communism]] of the [[Cold War]] era. The capitalist nations favored free trade as a way to promote economic integration, reduce international tensions, and raise living standards; the communist nations - who rejected personal freedom and [[profit]], rejected the very idea of trade, unless trade is managed by and for the public treasury of communist regimes, who in turn dole out any gains from trade, if and when gains occur, to [[communist party]] members and friends.