Should there be limits to international trade? “Trade creates the wealth necessary for economic development, creation of employment opportunities and the alleviation of suffering” ADDIN Mendeley Citation{ada816c1-89ad-41d9-a1f7-3348e157bd52} CSL_CITATION { "citationItems" : [ { "id" : "ITEM-1", "itemData" : { "URL" : "http://www.fao.org/docrep/u8480e/U8480E0n.htm#World trade", "accessed" : { "date-parts" : [ [ "2011", "8", "2" ] ] }, "author" : [ { "family" : "Loftas", "given" : "Tony" } ], "container-title" : "Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations", "id" : "ITEM-1", "issued" : { "date-parts" : [ [ "1995" ] ] }, "title" : "Dimensions of Need", "type" : "webpage" }, "uris" : [ "http://www.mendeley.com/documents/?uuid=ada816c1-89ad-41d9-a1f7-3348e157bd52" ] } ], "mendeley" : { "previouslyFormattedCitation" : "(Loftas 1995)" }, "properties" : { "noteIndex" : 0 }, "schema" : "https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json" } (Loftas 1995). This quote from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations underscores the fact that international trade was created for a higher value. It was developed to create profit per se, instead, international trade was designed to eradicate poverty and suffering in the world, through the reallocation of resources. It was meant to address basic economic needs so that people can go on and search for deeper meaning in their lives – usin...