Free trade is when countries decide not to put taxes or restrictions on things they buy and sell from each other. It makes it easier for people from different countries to buy and sell things from each other. When countries have free trade it helps people from those countries get better deals on things they buy, which helps them have more money in their pockets. But sometimes people worry that too much free trade can hurt the people in their own country by making it harder for people in their own country to get jobs and by hurting their own industries. People have strong opinions about free trade and there is a lot of debate about it.