Global free trade will force the poor of the rich countries to subsidize the rich in poor countries. What GATT means is that our national wealth, accumulated over centuries, will be transferred from a developed country like Britain to developing countries like Communist China, now building its first oceangoing navy in 500 years.Mr. Goldsmith (and the author) must have missed Adam Smith's classic work, The Wealth of the Nations. It made some really good arguments against merchantilism.