Passage: In Britain, free trade became a central principle practiced by the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846.   Large-scale agitation was sponsored by the Anti-Corn Law League.  Under the Treaty of Nanking, China opened five treaty ports to world trade in 1843. The first free trade agreement, the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty, was put in place in 1860 between Britain and France, which led to successive agreements between other countries in Europe. Many classical liberals, especially in 19th and early 20th century Britain  and in the United States for much of the 20th century , believed that free trade promoted peace.  Woodrow Wilson included free-trade rhetoric in his "Fourteen Points" speech of 1918:.
How many countries signed the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty? How many years after China's decision to open 5 treaty ports to world trade did Britain and France sign a free trade agreement? How many years after China's opening of 5 treaty ports did the British repeal the Corn Laws? How many years after the repeal of the Corn Laws was the first free trade agreement signed? What US President adopted free trade principles? What happened first, the Treaty of Nanking, or the Corn Laws? What treaty led to the opening of Chinese ports to other countries? What was the impetus for a series of free trade agreements in Europe? Which happened first, the repeal of the Corn Laws or China opening five ports to world trade? Which happened first, the repeal of the Corn Laws or the Treaty of Nanking? Which treaty came first, the Treaty of Nanking or the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty? Which was signed first, the Treaty of Nanking, or the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty?