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Discuss the historical process of trade barrier reduction. Does anything further need to be done to reduce these barriers?

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The solution outlines why it is important that trade barriers are and continue to be reduced in 258 words with references and external resources.

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After World War II ended, the process of trade barrier reduction has grown at an accelerated pace and has been progressing steadily. We continue to reduce trade barriers as we have throughout the past century. A reduction in trade barriers is advantageous to each country involved because quality of goods and services improve when there are less restrictions and impositions on countries trying to both import and export. Laxer restrictions spur both country's economies on.

Although trade barriers have been ...

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