Freedom of Trade

Freedom of Trade and Commerce

In relation to the freedom of trade and commerce and constitutional law, Gonzalo Villalta Puig[1] made the following observation: The freedom of trade and commerce is a constitutional norm that conceives the sale and purchase of goods and services among or within sovereign states and customs territories as an exchange without government discrimination. As such, it constitutionalizes the political economy of jurisdictions. Economic constitutions (economic constitution) codify this norm either as a right to economic freedom or as a principle of free trade. If the freedom of trade and commerce is in the form of a right, then the right is an individual right of merchants and producers—a (…)

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Notes and References

1. Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law, Gonzalo Villalta Puig, “Freedom of Trade and Commerce” (2018, Germany, United Kingdom)

See Also

• Commerce and trade
• General welfare

Hierarchical Display of Freedom of trade

Law > Rights and freedoms > Economic rights
Trade > International trade > Trade relations > Trade agreement > GATT > Free movement of goods
Employment And Working Conditions > Employment > Employment policy > EU employment policy > Freedom to provide services
Employment And Working Conditions > Employment > Employment policy > EU employment policy > Right of establishment

Freedom of trade

Concept of Freedom of trade

See the dictionary definition of Freedom of trade.

Characteristics of Freedom of trade

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Translation of Freedom of trade

• Spanish: Libertad de comercio
• French: Liberté du commerce
• German: Handelsfreiheit
• Italian: Libertà del commercio
• Portuguese: Liberdade de comércio
• Polish: Wolność handlu

Thesaurus of Freedom of trade

Law > Rights and freedoms > Economic rights > Freedom of trade
Trade > International trade > Trade relations > Trade agreement > GATT > Free movement of goods > Freedom of trade
Employment And Working Conditions > Employment > Employment policy > EU employment policy > Freedom to provide services > Freedom of trade
Employment And Working Conditions > Employment > Employment policy > EU employment policy > Right of establishment > Freedom of trade

See also

• Free movement of goods
• Freedom to provide services
• Right of establishment