Is there a difference between the free market economy and the free trade?
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Yes, a slight difference. FME is when you can have transparency in manufacturing and trading - no strings attached. However, in free trade, you are allowed to get in stuff from anywhere in the world and sell.
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I think you are talking about Economic System of Canada. Well Canada is neither Communism nor Capitalism. Canada is socialism economic. I want to suggest you research about three economic system at Wikipedia.
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Any industry which is involved in some form of international trade, although they are not just taking. These companies are engaging in free trade. One end provides a product or service, while the other end provides some form of payment.  It is simply a matter of give and take.  This is free trade.
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Comparative advantage is not a general principle, but a specific type of advantage relating to international trade. The site below explains it rather well. As you can tell from that, it cannot have anything to do with production by firms.
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In terms of economics for the consumer yes it is. \n\nWhy you are asking this I dont know though
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it depends on what aspect you are talking about, in commerce there is NAFTA which is USA,Canada and Mexico, then is Mercasur which includes Brazil and Argentina I think, and then is Europe, mostly all countries, Asian countries have a high penalty in Taxes if you want to import from Mexico, if you are talking in war issues, Mexico doesn't go to war.
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When it comes down to the issues that truly affect Americans. There is not much of a difference at all.\n\nFree Trade, Immigration, and Balanced budgets.
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In January 1994, Canada, the United States and Mexico launched the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and formed the world's largest free trade area. The Agreement has brought economic growth and rising standards of living for people in all three countries. In addition, NAFTA has established a strong foundation for future growth and has set a valuable example of the benefits of trade liberalization.
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Because we still operate a capitalist/free trade economy.  That is the best form of economy for creating jobs hands down.  Most European countries operate under communist-like economies, although some try to avoid the word communist and call them socialist instead.
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The basic difference is that Communism is a pure political philosophy where the Government controls all the means of production while Capitalism is on the opposite end of the spectrum, where the people own the means of production.\n\nSocialism is the hybrid of Communism and Capitalism.  Socialism is essentially Capitalism where the government controls certain industries within the country's marketplace.\n\nSome examples:\n\nCapitalist:  United States; Or, more purely, Hong Kong (but not the rest of China).\n\nSocialism:  Germany, Norway\n\nCommunism:  Cuba or China
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One is a country and the other is an economy?
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The interesting thing about the global economy is that pertains to the entire world and all of its countries. The global economy must be healthy in order for nations to prosper economically, also, the economy can't exist without money - thus we must have enough fair trade to let less wealthy nations get involved in exportation. The idea of fair trade is definitely one of the most essential issues when discussing the global economy because of the monopolization that certain countries having on certain items, this only pushes the less wealthy countries to the side and lessens the chances of their possibly prosperity. The global economy should be fair. Fair for everyone in order to get a bunch of money. That's what life is all about, getting money. MONEY=HAPPINESS.
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a mixed economy is in reality what most economies are a mixture of private and public companies, capitalism is the concept that is a free market, mainly a private economy where making money is more important that consumer interest,
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Economist always look at the bottom spectrum of the scale, which never includes people or their welfare. In a perfect world like the Romans had for Centuries even will collapse. They used War and slavery to build their empire. The Slave owners of the DEEP SOUTH, During the Confederacy used these same principles to build the DEEP SOUTH of America. The Republic of China, and the Communist are a mirror of this same type of Government. Same thing in India. World Markets can't compete with an in-slaved Government system, and I say it should be opposed. China right now is putting pressure on the U.S. Auto-makers with this labor situation. I think it was poor investment; because you gave all your bargaining power away, and are at their mercy now to what they will. I believe that with a free market, which includes the vote of the populous, and their concerns. The market will thrive, and you attain greater returns back into the market. That's my observation.
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i think i read somewhere the difference between the two was the tariff
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NAFTA was a controversial plan that Clinton got passed to open up ... well, North America to free trade.  That means that Mexico can ship stuff to us without paying tariffs and vice versa.  The problem has been that a lot of jobs have moved to Mexico where people work for less money (and businesses have fewer restrictions like health care and OSHA) because now it's free to send stuff back to the US (Well, you still have to pay shipping :)
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I am assuming you are referring to trade policy.  Protectionist policies are those that advantage domestic goods over foreign goods (exports v imports) through either tarriffs (surcharges added to the price of a good being imported) or through subsidies (price supports or distributive policies within a country) to grow or make some item.\nObviously, similiar to the micro level of a larger grocery store being able to get better prices when negotiating with its suppliers compared to a smaller chain or a 'mom & pop' type store, larger countries (typically first world) are better positioned to DICTATE supply agreements (not much can be done about demand---other than to decrease it through tarriffs (VAT) which would be passed on to the consumer).  \nThird and second world countries are often in a very tenuous position:  their government wants to expand their economy through increasing exports, however, often this is done through either internally, creating subsidies (which many cannot afford to do) or agreeing to 'lopsided' trade agreements, which wind up exploiting or at a minimum, disadvantaging their citizens and other workers in their respective countries or nations.  Additionally, there are contravening issues like human rights and environmental standards which may also be of concern.\nI hope this helps, but here are some articles for you to read and consider; as well as the WTO link