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Free Trade and Its Implications for Hunger

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Zero Hunger

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Free trade comprises numerous forms of elimination of trade barriers among different regions of the world. Usually, the intent is to eliminate trade barriers through construction of trade agreements that usually involve various types of international economic integration agreements – namely, free trade agreements, customs unions, common markets, economic unions, etc.

The elimination of trade barriers among countries and regions, mainly in countries in development, promotes economic development by bringing new countries with competitive advantages to international commerce. As a consequence, the international supply of food generally increases; at the beginning the prices decrease and allow an increase in the demand for food, which means construction (ceteris paribus) of a new market equilibrium higher than the initial one, which will contribute to food security and reduction of hunger around the world. This is also one of the Sustainable Development Goals that the United...

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  1. Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território (DINÂMIA-CET), Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Maria José Palma Lampreia Dos-Santos

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

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  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Dos-Santos, M.J.P.L. (2020). Free Trade and Its Implications for Hunger. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69626-3_24-1

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