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  2. Free trade - Wikipedia

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    Ottoman free trade policies were praised by British economists advocating free trade such as J. R. McCulloch in his Dictionary of Commerce (1834), but criticized by British politicians opposing free trade such as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, who cited the Ottoman Empire as "an instance of the injury done by unrestrained competition" in the ...

  3. History of tariffs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    During the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations Republicans abandoned protectionist policies, and came out against quotas and in favor of the GATT/WTO policy of minimal economic barriers to global trade. Free trade with Canada came about as a result of the Canada–U.S. Free Trade Agreement of 1987, which led in 1994 to the North ...

  4. Libertarianism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Those who seek both economic and social liberty within a capitalist order would be known as liberals, but that term developed associations opposite of the limited government, low-taxation, minimal state advocated by the movement. [55] Name variants of the free-market revival movement include classical liberalism, economic liberalism, free ...

  5. Liberalism - Wikipedia

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    Liberals also ended mercantilist policies, royal monopolies, and other trade barriers, instead promoting free trade and marketization. [6] Philosopher John Locke is often credited with founding liberalism as a distinct tradition based on the social contract , arguing that each man has a natural right to life, liberty and property , and ...

  6. Free trade agreement - Wikipedia

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    The OED records the use of the phrase "free trade agreement" with reference to the Australian colonies as early as 1877. [9] After the WTO's World Trade Organization - which has been considered by some as a failure for not promoting trade talks, but a success by others for preventing trade wars - states increasingly started exploring options to conclude FTAs.

  7. Free trade agreements of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Chile–United States Free Trade Agreement [8] [9] Colombia: 1 November 20, 2006 May 15, 2012 United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement [10] [11] Israel Palestine Authority: 2 April 22, 1985 August 19, 1985 Israel–United States Free Trade Agreement [12] [13] Jordan: 1 October 24, 2000 December 17, 2001 Jordan–United States Free Trade ...

  8. John Bright - Wikipedia

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    Bright sat in the House of Commons from 1843 to 1889, promoting free trade, electoral reform and religious freedom. He was almost a lone voice in opposing the Crimean War; he also opposed William Ewart Gladstone's proposed Home Rule for Ireland. He saw himself as a spokesman for the middle class and strongly opposed the privileges of the landed ...

  9. Economic freedom - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] One approach to economic freedom comes from the liberal tradition emphasizing free markets, free trade, and private property. Another approach to economic freedom extends the welfare economics study of individual choice, with greater economic freedom coming from a larger set of possible choices. [ 3 ]