The motion before the house stands as this house believes that Gains from trade is sufficient reason

to open up trade and I stand here to oppose the motion. I take the house as the Global Economy in which Developed economies being one sector and Developing & underdeveloped Economies forming the other. We would therefore focus on the trade interaction between them and the impact on the developing and underdeveloped part of the worlds economy because the major impact of open trade is on them. Trade has always been at the core of human existence. Right from the Stone Age to the modern man that we are today it has been at the helm of transition of civilization. My respectable opponents sitting here would describe it as the lifeline of any civilization. But it can also become a death trap if it is without barriers. Had the system of trade not been developed there would have been restrictive or nil interaction between societies, states and tribes. In fact the entire human race living in different strata would have failed to see the modern world that we live in today. So, I am neither against trade nor the profits that it generates. But opposing the motion I want to enlighten you with facts that will force you to sit back and ponder about how the profits from trade are necessary but not the sufficient reasons to open up trade. There can be no better way than to focus on India at the very outset. Just think, had the Indian Rajas not allowed the British East India Company to trade in India would India ever have been subjugated to slavery? Trade was the fore front which allowed humongous wealth to be eroded from India [The Hindustan]. Unreasonable Exports and unwanted imports are the first germinations of Liberal and open trade, which affect the equilibrium which is being maintained for years by the efforts of toiling domestic Entrepreneurs and artisans. Lets look back in History, the vanishing of Indian handicrafts that were the very essence of Indian culture from the Indian Markets was a straight outcome of Trade Liberalisation by the British and their cheap imported machine made goods. Unfair trade is another blot on the face of Liberalisation, as uncontrolled free trade leads to businesses going where- other things being equal- , the wages are lowest, obligations to workers like worker safety, social insurance least, and environmental Regulations- most lax. This is sheer exploitation.

So what is free trading doing to us, what it is up to No.1 Foreign Dependencies, Second: Decreasing self sufficiency And last but foremost-Sacrifices National Interest

By opening of trade indiscriminately we expose our economies to the Demons of the developed nations who are going to swallow us within no time and not even sound a burp. Let me share with you a very common example. Campa Cola-a cold drinkwas a market leader in most regions of India for a period spanning several years until the advent of the foreign players Pepsi and Coca-Cola after the liberalisation policy of 1991. Where is it now? It is a sad loss. Only if that great drink could have survived the open trade policy it would have burnt holes in the pockets of the Giants of Today. Even the National interest gets a back seat when the demigods sitting at the helm become so very supportive of these invited intruders. Let me site you another example Pan Masala the cancerous harbinger of death would not even exist today in our country had the import of Gambier, which is full of urea yet an indispensable ingredient of Pan Masala been controlled at the very beginning. Our GDP growth might have been a little less then, but the many lives that would have been saved would have contributed to the growth today. This is what free trade gives High GDP-Increased National Income, even an Image for the country or region but takes away the very essence of life because every thing becomes CUT THROAT.