Thread: Free trade or Protectionism? (split)

Norton has a few good points and I agree with them, Free markets doesn't work and always lead to cahos.

Originally Posted by Sir Burr

As for economic black-mail, the world's economy is now too inter-linked for it to work.
You will find that the more trade there is between two countries, the less likely there will be a war between those two countries.

This is also true, but there could be a time when political crisis and struggles for power (a natural evolution) might lead one of the country to take actions. It only takes one fuckwit at the top to "risk" it all, and make it collapse.

It's the same in business, if you become too "dependent" on your suppliers, they will eventually cut you off if they get bought out by a competitor or simply buy you out by force at a discount, basically destroying your life long business. I see it happens all the time in small and medium size companies (100+ to 1000+ employees)

It's not difficult to see that kind of reasoning happening at a country level,