Free trade refers to a situation where taxes are not imposed on goods that are produced and sold within a country goods and services are offered for free to the citizens by a government a government does not try to influence what its citizens can buy from global markets firms that function in a country are not taxed on the profits that they generate

The stock of grommet corporation, a u.s. company, is publicly traded, with no single shareholder owning more than 5 percent of its outstanding stock. grommet owns 95 percent of the outstanding stock of staple inc., also a u.s. company. staple owns 100 percent of the outstanding stock of clip corporation, a canadian company. grommet and clip each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of fastener inc., a u.s. company. grommet and staple each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of binder corporation, a u.s. company. which of these corporations form an affiliated group eligible to file a consolidated tax return?