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In Quebec City, the trade summit was being held. At the same time outside the conference center, protesters demonstrated against free trade and economic globalization. They knew almost nothing about the basic principles of economics and international trade, but demanded that they should have a place at the summit. To prevent demonstrations of such a kind from happening in Europe, the author suggested that the benefits of free trade should be shared by every nation in the world by opening the domestic markets and by reforming the dispute settlement process of the WTO. When free trade booms, every nation in the world will then benefit, and the anti-free trade noise will naturally die down. Besides, free market economies and free trade are the most effective way to learn knowledge, to realize our potential, to create wealth, to satisfy our wants and needs, and to improve our life.
在魁北克市，贸易峰会正在举行，同时在会议中心外面抗议者们在示威反对自由贸易和经济全球化。他们对经济学和国际贸易的基本原理几乎一窍不通，但他们却要求参加贸易峰会。为了防止这样的抗议示威在欧洲重现，作者建议，通过开放国内市场、改革世贸组织解决贸易纠纷的程序，使世界各国都能够分享自由贸易带来的好处。自由贸易蓬勃发展了，世界各国才能受益，反对自由贸易的抗议呼声就自然而然地会消失。另外，自由市场经济和自由贸易是学习知识、实现潜力、创造财富、满足需求和改善生活的最有效的途径。
