All free traders now? (liberalization of trade regulations; the World Trade Organization conference)(Cover Story)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: December 7, 1996 | Copyright information

Most nations now profess zeal for world trade and liberalization of trade regulations, but when it comes to home markets, some nations still practice protectionism. The World Trade Organization should address this issue during its Dec 9-13, 1996, conference in Singapore.

"FREE trade", wrote Richard Cobden in 1857, "is God's diplomacy, and there is no other certain way of uniting people in the bonds of peace." Few politicians since Cobden have thought of themselves as missionaries f...

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