Is Free Trade Desirable?

The free trade debate has been a long and very much politicized one since its conception, with people split up into camps such as "Economic Liberalists" and "Neo-Mercantilists". Whether or not to impose a free trade system between countries has caused much fear and confusion within the public. Will free trade be beneficial to all or will it cause unemployment in developed countries? Will it cause entire domestic industries to crumble under the pressure of cheaper foreign products or will it lead to more productive domestic markets and new jobs in booming export industries? Will it lead to…