In his blog for the UK's Daily Telegraph, MEP Daniel Hannan has praised the Freedom to Trade campaign and the "irrefutable" benefits of removing trade barriers.

Referring to Alec van Gelder's blog post, Hannan claims that most government interventions have simply worsened the global recession - from bailouts to nationalisations, and now barriers to trade.

"Despite all the G20 blah blah about working together, every major economy has become more closed over the past 12 months" he laments.