【自由贸易】（ｆｒｅｅｔｒａｄｅ）　一种相对于“保护贸易”的对外贸易政策或制度。国家对进出口贸易不加干预和限制，取销对本国进出口商品的特权与优待，允许商品自由输入与输出，在国内外市场自由竞争。１８世纪后半期英国在“工业革命”基础上最先倡导实行，以便推销工 [free trade] A foreign trade policy or system relative to “protecting trade.” The state does not interfere with or restrict the import and export trade, and removes the privilege and preferential treatment of domestic import and export commodities, allows free input and output of goods, and freely competes in domestic and foreign markets. In the second half of the 18th century, Britain first advocated the implementation of the “industrial revolution” in order to promote workers.