آزاد تجارت کے فوائد و نقصانات

ڈاکٹر افضل × ڈاکٹر محمد انورالحسنی

Abstract

On the one hand Islam espouses the notion of free trade, and on the other hand it frowns on state interference in trade. Developed and developing countries make head way freely in a free trading culture. This state of affairs buoys up the spirits of traders and inspires them to invest freely and lead to an economic upturn. Thus society flourishes. Foreign direct investment flows in a country from free trade. The scientific
and technical expertise of industrialized countries is transferred to low income countries. Not only high quality products are available in abundance in the open market but also the moderation of prices is automatically established by the competition of business people. In this way, the free trading culture functions as a filtering device in the free market and, without any artificial or external interference, discharges all the tasks efficiently from its own internal logic. Critics of free trade, on the other hand, demur the system fills the coffers of multinational corporations but suppresses the rights of workers, locals and small industrialists. The real purpose of this system is to establish Western powers’ control over global resources. Taking advantage of the flexibility of the free trading culture, traders artificially raise prices through monopoly and hoarding.