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Trade helps create jobs and raise average real wages. For the consumer, it brings lower prices and wider choice.
Read our series of fact sheets on the role of trade in employment, the environment, economic development and innovation and growth - and learn about the difference between open markets and protectionism.
See what's fact and what's fiction about trade!
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International trade affects the price and availability of nearly everything we buy. It also plays a part in our jobs, the environment and the fight against poverty.
This book in the OECD Insights series explains the issues and ideas surrounding international trade.
 Read the book online for free
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Merchandise exports up 5.0% (left) and imports 4.1% for G7 economies
