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The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as "the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States."
Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports; it is the idea of the free market as applied to international trade.