In these difficult times, everything is questioned, even holy sacred free trade...
Free trade is this rule that says: "Let's buy whatever we want, in any country, at any condition, as long as it's cheap!!", ain't it? Not cool, it means the quality norms of the product probably suck ass, and let's not talk about the work/life conditions of the workers who made these products... Besides, it is said this kind of bullshit encourages offshoring (yeah, why would you make the French, the Brits, the Europeans who've got social rights and minimum wages rather than guys who are only asking for a bowl of rice?), so it causes unemplyment to rise in developed countries, and therefore worldwide levelling down.
Protectionism sounds a bit like economic xenophobia, or even autarky: "Let's make everything at home, at least you can be sure about the quality and workers' life conditions!" so there is no trade anymore between countries. (Tell me if I'm wrong.) But then, how would we get chocolate?? Or even, uranium for our nuclear power stations?! I'm sure that, should we illegalise chocolate import, it would go through customs anyway, just like drugs. So, not really efficient either, I think. And it's a bit sad not to exchange with your neighbours... I prefer having a more internationalist, more globalist vision.
But the solution seems to me to be ready already! Fair trade. Yeah, if you make fair trade compulsory, with particular criteria, for example, we state that we want items that have not been made by children, or products whose composition respects the environment, there you create levelling up.
Economy is really simple, I don't get why people bother!
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