But states still don't really care
The GATT is the General agreement on tariff and trade
The WTO the world trade organization which punishes countries for not engaging in free trade
It actually forced Bush to not have steel tariffs for example
Or the EU to let in sugar from Brazil
Whereas prior the EU was subsidizing sugar beets and had tariffs
That is not free trade
Free trade is deregulation
And no tariffs
free trade is trading without tariffs
That's it
Only because you reach some lower tariffs doesn't make it free trade
Yes it's freer than before
But it's not free trade
So you're only willing to call it free trade if literally everything has no tariffs applied to it
And the EU is the worst example with it's mercantilist policies
Because that's a ridiculous threshhold
> So you're only willing to call it free trade if literally everything has no tariffs applied to it @Mr. Nessel Yes
The EU has very few protectionist measures at this point
Hahahhaha
And they pretty much all relate to agriculture
Read some EU regulations
Then we talk again
Regulations are not tariffs
They are non tariff barriers
They implicitly higher the costs of not complying products
That's still not a negation of free trade
That's btw also, what is in the GATT and WTO terms
Nobody is forcing China to produce low quality garbage
But what noone seems to actually care about
Yes, because there is a demand for low quality garbage
Not everyone is rich
No wonder considering free trade is a thing
> And they pretty much all relate to agriculture @Mr. Nessel And now guess where all the comparative adventages of most developing countries are
Let's fuck Africa and the middle East in the ass
Comparative advantage isn't a thing outside the primary sector
And yes
Oh yeah, it's just protection fkr our farmers
> Comparative advantage isn't a thing outside the primary sector @Mr. Nessel Bullshit
I don't even like tariffs on primary sector stuff for that reason
