[Gunslingr3]

If it is "free trade" then one individual would contact another to set up the deal would they not?

THAT is exactly what free trade is. Are you for it or against it?

[hedgetrimmer]

What if an individual wanted to import oranges infested with mediterranean fruit fly because he could get it really cheap? Is it free trade if that individual brings something into the country that destroys the value of the oranges grown here and the property of the people that own them? Are you for or against this?

If that individual wanted to bring in cows with mad cow disease for the slaughterhouse, because he can give a better price to the consumer for mad cow meat, is that free trade? Are you for that or against that?