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Is more trade always beneficial for countries?
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
More trade creates more efficient global markets, ensuring long-term prosperity.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1, children below
More trade would allow for greater sharing of resources and technologies across the world.
Pro claim 2, children below
Greater trade can make bribery and corruption less prevalent across the world. This is important for the efficiency of markets, as bribery and corruption raise the costs of business for new firms, thereby acting as a form of
non-tariff barrier
.
Con claim 1, children below
When trade is increased, it may favor large exporting companies while harming their smaller competitors. This may decrease competition as
a few huge firms dominate
global markets.