Chapter VI. Ignite a New Era of Global Economic Growth through Free Markets and Free Trade
Section A. Summary of National Security Strategy 2002
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Promoting free and fair trade has long been a bedrock tenet of American foreign policy.
Greater economic freedom is ultimately inseparable from political liberty. Economic
freedom empowers individuals, and empowered individuals increasingly demand greater
political freedom. Greater economic freedom also leads to greater economic opportunity
and prosperity for everyone. History has judged the market economy as the single most
effective economic system and the greatest antidote to poverty. To expand economic
liberty and prosperity, the United States promotes free and fair trade, open markets, a
stable financial system, the integration of the global economy, and secure, clean energy
development.
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