For example, a nation might allow free trade ... to facilitate foreign investment and business development. A free trade area is a group of countries that have agreed to mutually lower or ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO), which has constrained protectionism since its inception in 1995, is no longer the ...

The premier of New Brunswick is calling on the other three East Coast premiers to join her in making Atlantic Canada a "free trade area" with a single market operating with one set of rules ...

However, regional trade alliances can empower smaller states. For example, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) gives African nations collective bargaining power they might lack ...