NationStates Jolt Archive

United nations are not a commercial association. The United nations may regulate the trade (by forbidden piracy fox example) but not to promote free trade^^ In the world ther are wealthy nations and poor lands, for the second one to protect the national industry may be the good solution to preserve industrial independance.

Every nation must be :

- Free to enter in a multi-national commercial association
- Free to resign a multi-national commercial association
- Protect the national industry by preferentially buy national weapons for his army and police or by tax the importation goods.


United nations are not the World Trade Organisation^^ Free trade is not a neutral name. The name of this section for proposal must be Trade, not free trade. Evrybody is ok to say that trade must be regulated, the rights of the buyer must be protected etc... But global free trade is not consider by all nations like something better, or like a noble goal.


PS : sorry for my english, it is not my motherlanguage i hope it is understandable.

We understand, we understand. Don't worry.

That why we got "Protective Tariffs" cateogry as a resolution, right under the Advancement of Industry. And I am thinking of introducing a Protective Tariff resolution, reaffirming the right of nations to use protective tarrifs. After all, "protective tariffs" protect.

Want to encourage trade? You have to use Free Trade. But want to place limitations on Free Trade? Use Protective Tariff. I understand that IRL, the UN doesn't have this sort of power, but this is NS, where the UN is far more powerful and can do lots more stuff.

From a gameplay prespective however, Free Trade always increase the economy of all nations, however, so restricting it may not be that good. Then again, Protective Tariffs may also increase the economy of a nation (as nobody ever passed or even suggested a Protective Tariff resolution), so heh.