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Is more trade always beneficial for countries?
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
Free trade directly benefits all consumers.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1, children below
More trade will give consumers a greater number of higher quality goods to choose from.
Pro claim 2, children below
Freer trade lowers the costs of production of goods, allowing producers to supply the same quantity of a good at a
lower price
for consumers.
Con claim 1, children below
The benefits of trade to individual consumers are often overstated.