Trade and Investment

The world’s free trade areas – and all you need to know about them

Crew members of a ship loaded with containers filled with rubbish from Britain wait for its departure from the port of Santos August 5, 2009. The ship loaded with 1,600 tonnes of rubbish set sail today to return the rotting cargo to Britain from Brazil, where it had been shipped falsely declared as plastic for recycling. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

NAFTA, TTIP, MERCOSUR, FTA ... the acronym-rich world of free trade explained Image: REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Joe Myers
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