Ignoring free trade benefits is absurd By Bjorn Lomborg | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2025-07-09 06:24

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/09/WS686d9aa9a31000e9a573ade8.html Around the world, people are waking up to the benefits of freer trade. After years of free trade fatigue and growing protectionism, a majority of Americans now say the United States should pursue global free trade, while the European Union is striking free trade deals as fast as it can, and even regional competitors China, Japan and the Republic of Korea have agreed to deepen greater cooperation in trade.