Reply #8: I'm going to make a guess [View All]

[sangh0]

and say that that is why bryant69 says " IT depends on what you mean by free trade"

You provided a description of "Free Trade" as it is being practiced, in order to refute the idea that there is no such thing as Free Trade. I would argue that Free Trade could be defined as trade that is free of rules that are meant to favor a group for political reasons. Such trade would not be free from regulation, but those regulations would be designed to benefit the common good, and not just those with political power.

Of course, that definition does not descrive our current Free Trade policies. I was referring to what could be. Free Trade need not necessarily be defined as it is today. IOW, we could define the "Free" in Free Trade as "free from political favoritism" and NOT "free from all regulation"