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Should Free Trade Be Allowed?

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Allowing free trade to happen will allow many benefits like having larger varieties of goods and services for a lower price, growth for the economy and as well as increased exports for producers. Free trade will especially help the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade agreement among 12 countries that border the Pacific Ocean. The countries included in the are: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, New Zealand, Vietnam, and the United States.The benefits of free for this agreement include:the increase in exports, money going back to the workers while creating more jobs and prosperity, prevention of environmental abuse, and also the removal of tariffs placed on exports. According to the Coalition of Service Industries, the objective of this agreement is, “incorporate all negotiating participants under one free trade agreement which eliminates tariffs and non-tariff barriers to goods, services, and agriculture.” This countries involved with this agreement “account for 40% of the world’s trade”. When these countries make up 40% of the world’s trade, it also means that they make up 40% of the world’s GDP which equals to $107.5 trillion dollars. Consumers make up 793 million and 26% of the rest comes from the trade that they do. Where the countries are placed and the area of trade is larger than the North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA). The agreement doesn’t include China because the agreement wants to be able to balance the trade

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