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Examines the controversies surround fair trade, exploring both the benefits and drawbacks of fair trade policies and discussing how it has influenced the world economy.

With the introduction of significant tariffs on Chinese goods in 2018 and the resultant talk of a trade war between the United States and China, the questions of whether tariffs are an effective means of political influence, what effect they will have on the domestic and global economy, and how they will ultimately impact the future of trade have become sources of contention.