Talk:Free trade area

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The theory of comparative advantage rests on the necessary condition of "capital immobility." If financial (or labor) resources can move between countries, then the comparative advantage theory erodes, and absolute advantage dominates. Given the liberalization of capital flows under free trade agreements of the 1990s, the necessary condition of capital immobility no longer holds. As a consequence, the economic theory of comparative advantage no longer supports free trade theory.

For reasons see the Talk:Comparative advantage. Skatehorn, 6 Feb 21:21 CET

[edit] Cumulation

Do you mean that Cumulation is between "Free Trade Area"'s of between the countries of an FTA? --bodben 08:25, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Both. There is bilateral, diagonal, full, regional, etc. types of cumulation. I think that they apply to countries, but in some cases they apply to groups, like EEA.Alinor 18:23, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger

I advocate a merger between free trade area and free trade zone given the identical coverage of both articles. The direction of the merge is purely arbitrary, and can be settled on through a poll if requested for. Ariedartin JECJY ^Talk 04:27, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose FTZs are special places in some countries, where their regular trade/industry laws are not fully aplicable, with the aim of ensuring better conditions for investors. FTAs are agreements between two or more states about abolishment of the tariffs on imports between them - with the aim of increasing the trade turn-over. Thus FTA is totaly different thing from FTZ. Of course because the terms are regulary used in the wrong place - both articles should have links to one-another. Alinor 18:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)