Countries are becoming more and more similar because people are able to buy the same products anywhere in the world. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?

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contemporary world, despite the geographical boundaries, nations have become

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identical, especially

in goods and services industry. In my opinion,

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trend has brought up many negative impacts, among which lose of cultural identity and traditional businesses are

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. Many countries are experiencing the lose of traditional, cultural values and identities due to free trade agreements. Most western dress codes,

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, are convenient and easy to wear, as well as low cost compared to traditional costumes. So, people are increasingly changing over to more affordable clothes, as of which

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trend

can leads

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can lead

to

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extinction

extinctions

some traditional values

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the society.

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, traditional and religious festivals those valued for

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a long time

are gradually replaced by the western celebrations,

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as Halloween and Valentines Day, because of cultural identities can be

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disregard.

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, a large proportion of locally owned traditional businesses are wiped-off by billion-dollar multinational companies. In fact, free trade agreements between the nations have given

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to multinational companies

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their investments; sooner or later, traditional businesses are

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termination of operations

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due to the intolerable competitiveness.

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, some may argue that open economy has expanded the job

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market, especially

in underdeveloped and developing nations that can positively impact on individuals and society;

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, I believe that the negative effects on the traditional businesses is a detrimental than providing few extra jobs. In conclusion, I strongly believe that increase availability of goods and services, irrespective of geographical barriers, has developed significant adverse effects on the local traditions and businesses, provided that it is advisable to establish preventive measures to protect the local traditional values and businesses, before accepting the free trade agreement treaties.