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In economics, the principle of free trade between states is that as you increase the size, and thus diversity, of the market, you increase the chance and amount of competition available to firms. This forces them to either become more competitive, or go bankrupt. That is the basic theory behind it, and it is supported by governments all over the globe.
For example, here down under, the government signed free trade deals and removed protectionism that would otherwise allow local automotive manufacturing firms to stay afloat in the face of cheap-as-chips labour in Asian countries and a high AUD – this forced them to either become competitive or kick the bucket. They did the latter. We now have cheaper cars, at the expense of losing our entire car manufacturing base and the towns that revolved around such industries (e.g.: Geelong) will die economically once the full force of the changes comes through.
See, what the theory doesn't say is that unless you are a large firm with a great market share, economy of scale, major assets and connections both economically and politically, the means to capitalise and undercut foreign industries, the ability to retreat from any high tax countries into safe tax havens so as to save profits, and so on and so forth, you will feel the force of Monsanto, International Finance, and generally the heavyweights of international business kicking your ass from here to Timbuktu.
Naturally, free trade agreements open up the world to a global economy, but in order to maintain some semblance of order and regulation in a global economy you need – you guessed it – global government! Here comes the NWO and "international" trade pacts signed by a select few, invisible to the commoner, but visible to those who benefit the most from it, and most importantly of all: it is designed for the big business.
That's all freer trade ever accomplished, in today's world at least.