Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
Can I ask, politely and sincerely, why free movement is not good? From my rudimentary understanding of capitalism, and from reading Adam Smith, I understand free trade = good. If free trade = good then why doesn't free movement = good?
The argument on free trade is questionable. Let's put it this way. Anti-dumping duty was widely welcomed when Steel industry was hard hit.
It's seen as a strategic industry.
The real question was should we be most worried about steel imports from China, or from Eastern Europe, where we couldn't take any protective measures to protect a strategic industry.