| -Current trends towards Free trade in Asia as well as | | | | operate, as the system is working well now despite |
| in China / US relations. | | | | the tariffs and duties. But it is the principle of freedom |
| Online business is based on the free flow of | | | | that is most important in free trade. A wholesale |
| information as well as goods and transactions, without | | | | supplier will pay a percentage of profits to customs |
| much regard for national borders which seem artificial | | | | and taxes as necessary, but suppliers online are only |
| in comparison. The world market nevertheless has its | | | | forced to pay this when their products cross |
| points of constriction, and these are usually found in | | | | trans-national borders. Import from China is not so |
| customs tariffs and import duties. For an international | | | | expensive that way, but the free trade system will |
| distributor, or a company working with global distribution, | | | | improve the process for businessmen. Censorship in |
| these regulations and taxes are an extra cost and a | | | | China of the internet is also related to free trade if we |
| burden that could easily be dispensed with. But | | | | consider the "Information Technology" and free flow of |
| progress on a free trade agreement between the US, | | | | information is restricted through censorship, it is related |
| the EU, China, and Japan seems far away at best. It is | | | | to a restriction in the trade of information. The US and |
| said that multinational enterprise favors free trade | | | | the EU seem far away from approaching a free trade |
| unequivocally, but governments bow to the | | | | agreement with China, but the ASEAN nations seem |
| protectionist influence to protect domestic markets | | | | ready to implement a South East Asia Free trade |
| with a strongly organized political force. | | | | Zone within the next five to ten years. This may be a |
| For developing an import opportunity, outsourcing | | | | base to work from to link Free trade Zones from the |
| manufacturing to China, or import from China, it is not | | | | EU, Americas, and Asia in the near future. |
| necessary to have a complete free trade system to | | | | |