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    Free World Trade

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    In seven pages this paper discusses global free trade and whether or not it can actually be regarded as truly free in an assessment of the benefits and detriments for nations that engage in it. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    on misinformation. One of the most publicized protests against free trade was held in Seattle in December 1999. The very large group of protestors were there because the World Trade  Organization was holding a meeting there. Many Americans and people around the world remember this protest that was so widely covered by the media. The first thing that needs  to be defined is the very term free trade. As many have written, free trade is a term that refers to "the operation of international markets that are  free of restrictions, regulations, and constraints. The concept was championed by industrialists - particular manufacturers of cotton goods - in nineteenth century Britain (then the worlds most powerful country) who  required easy access to the worlds markets" (Hong Kong Poly U, nd). Trading between peoples, however, goes back to a time when individuals traded shells and beads and then, when  the people of one land were able to trade with other people who traveled by boat. Trading has existed throughout the history of mankind. Local societies regulated their own  trade, restricting it in some ways, placing tariffs on imports and so on (Hong Kong Poly U, nd). Historically, free market regimes are rare and they can be created  only by powerful world or states organizations (Hong Kong Poly U, nd). A totally free market can only emerge through a laissez faire government structure. There has been only one  totally free market known in history and that occurred during the latter half of the 19th century (Hong Kong Poly U, nd). It happened in England but only for a  brief period of time when the government established it but there was a significant cost to the average citizen (Hong Kong Poly U, nd). Since that time, there has not 

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