&gt;Indeed. An actual free-trade agreement would be really simple to implement. Just stop intervening in trade in any way, and you&#x27;ll have Free Trade.<p>Is free trade even a good idea?<p>Suppose industry in your country has higher costs, because people care about say, waterways, and thus there has to be filtering and proper waste disposal.<p>If you allow free trade from a country where they simply dump waste everywhere, you are punishing industry for doing the right thing, and rewarding polluters.