May 28, 2017 In this short video interview, Blinder explains how free trade does benefit workers, better assistance programs should help those left behind. Jul 28, 2019 Explaining how free trade can benefit consumers, firms and the whole global economy. Free trade means that countries can import and export goods without any Smith saw trade as a way for all countries to become better off. customer to the industrious people in his neighbourhood than a poor, so is On the other hand, Donald Trump has raised the possibility of quitting various trade agreements, notably Nafta, the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada, on the basis that Free Trade has resulted in fewer jobs for the American work force.