If free trade will benefit all nations in the long run, why do nations so often establish barriers, like tariffs, to make free trade impossible?
Treaties forbid free trade.
International organizations, like the World Trade Organization (WTO), forbid free trade.
Nations often seek to protect their firms and their workers from competition.
Nations fear that other nations will become too rich if they can trade freely.

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If free trade will benefit all nations in the long run, why do nations so often establish barriers, like tariffs, to make free trade impossible?
Treaties forbid free trade.
International organizations, like the World Trade Organization (WTO), forbid free trade.
Nations often seek to protect their firms and their workers from competition.
Nations fear that other nations will become too rich if they can trade freely.

anonymous · Answer

Nations often seek to protect their firms and their workers from competition.

anonymous · Answer

Well, keep in mind that everything is about competition. They compete to have the most money, yet they want the goods that other nations offer

anonymous · Answer

Right

anonymous · Answer

so its Nations often seek to protect their firms and their workers from competition.?

anonymous · Answer

yes!

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, good job