Free trade<span> is the economic policy of not discriminating against imports from and exports to foreign jurisdictions. Buyers and sellers from separate economies may voluntarily </span>trade<span> without the domestic government applying tariffs, quotas, subsidies or prohibitions on their goods and services.</span>
<span>Free trade, also called laissez-faire, a policy by which a government does not discriminate against imports or interfere with exports by applying tariffs (to imports) or subsidies (to exports).</span>Aug 8, 2006
Explanation: the expansion of the railroads is how the west grew. Most towns came about because of a train station in the area and the people settled around that area.
