According to legend, Carthage was founded by the Phoenician Queen Elissa (better known as Dido) sometime around 813 BCE. The city (in modern-day Tunisia<span>, </span>North Africa<span>) was originally known as Kart-hadasht (new city) to distinguish it from the older Phoenician city of Utica nearby.</span>
We were the most concerned about the containment of communism (second answer).
A free-trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc whose member countries have signed a free-trade agreement. Such agreements involve cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers – import quotas and tariffs – and to increase trade of goods and services with each other. I hope this helps <3