00636nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000200001724500640003726000090010152004090011058300190051920260716043351.0  aMARTIN, Stephen  aTrade and competition : industrial economist's perspective.  c1999  aConcludes that theory and empirical evidence both suggest that free trade increases competition, improves market performance in imperfectly competitive international markets, and increases not only overall welfare but also the welfare of individual trading nations.  States that there is little reason to think that strategic trade policy - subsidies or export cartels -  will improve market performance.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR