https://www.forbes.com/sites/franklavin/2020/08/27/trump-pivots-from-free-trade-agreements-us-business-left-behind/#6c55e0d20e80(Links to an external site.)

Lavin, F. (2020, August 28). Trump Pivots From Free Trade Agreements; U.S. Business Left Behind. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/franklavin/2020/08/27/trump-pivots-from-free-trade-agreements-us-business-left-behind/

The article discuss about free trade agreements as the module discusses gains from trade. This article discusses how trade theories have always been to trade with like minded and similarly sustained countries that are neighbors to you. This article goes on to explain that this might be a thing of the past, and that trading with countries that are not near by does not matter so much anymore due to the new technology we have available to us around the world. The United States Trade Representative is rejecting this and believes in a "contiguity theory" which means no free trade unless with contiguous countries. So what do you think, is the "death of distance" still relevant today? If so, do you believe this decision of "contiguity theory" hurts or helps the United States in the future in regards to trading?