Editing Free trade (section)

=== Public opinions ===
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An overwhelming number of people internationally – both in developed and developing countries – support trade with other countries, but are more split when it comes to whether or not they believe trade creates jobs, increases wages, and decreases prices.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stokes |first1=Bruce |title=Americans, Like Many in Other Advanced Economies, Not Convinced of Trade's Benefits |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/09/26/americans-like-many-in-other-advanced-economies-not-convinced-of-trades-benefits/ |website=Pew Research Center |date=26 September 2018}}</ref> The median belief in advanced economies is that trade  increases wages, with 31 percent of people believing it does, compared to 27 percent who believe it does not. In emerging economies, 47 percent of people believe trade increases wages, compared to 20 percent who says it lowers wages. There is a positive relationship of 0.66 between the average GDP growth rate for the years 2014 to 2017 and the percentage of people in a given country that say trade increases wages.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stokes |first1=Bruce |title=4. Nearly half of adults in emerging markets say trade raises wages |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/09/26/nearly-half-of-adults-in-emerging-markets-say-trade-raises-wages/ |website=Pew Research Center |date=26 September 2018}}</ref> Most people, in both advanced and emerging economies, believe that trade increases prices. 35 percent of people in advanced economies and 56 percent in emerging economies believe trade increases prices, and 29 percent and 18 percent, respectively, believe that trade lowers prices. Those with a higher level of education are more likely than those with less education to believe that trade lowers prices.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stokes |first1=Bruce |title=5. Public views on trade and prices are at odds with economic theory |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/09/26/public-views-on-trade-and-prices-are-at-odds-with-economic-theory/ |website=Pew Research Center |date=26 September 2018}}</ref>