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India and New Zealand say they have reached a free trade deal to deepen economic ties amid global trade uncertainties ...

Canada and the U.S. will start formal discussions on their free trade agreement in mid-January. Canadian Prime Minister Mark ...

India is accelerating efforts to finalize several free trade agreements to counter U.S. import tariffs and expand export destinations ...

Free trade is the hallmark of capitalism – and has been since the publication, in 1776, of Adam Smith's classic, The Wealth of Nations. Free trade is widely embraced by economists as a beneficial ...

Blaming “free trade” as the root cause of domestic social ills makes it sound as if we must choose between liberal trade policies and solving important policy problems at home. That’s a false choice.

Free trade is a whipping boy for some politicians of late. US President Donald Trump has pulled out of trade partnerships, Britain has been negotiating its exit from the European Union, and a trade ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I use economic insight to analyze issues and critique policy. Free trade was long virtually the only issue about which all ...

The UK finalized a long-awaited free trade agreement with South Korea that the government said would boost exporters from ...

“We must always take heed that we buy no more of strangers than we sell them, for so we should impoverish ourselves and enrich them.” Those words, written in 1549 and attributed to the English ...

French farmers are driving opposition to a massive trade deal between the Mercosur bloc and the European Union.

Free trade agreements seek to eliminate barriers to imports and foster international trade. Yet environmentalists fear free trade also fosters a weakening of national environmental standards if trade ...