Gaining with Trade?

March 01, 2001

Alan Barber

March 2001, Dean Baker

This paper looks at what “free trade” means for the American economy. It points out that economists can show that trade will lead to gains in GDP, but these gains would appear quite small by almost any measure.

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Alan Barber

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