Benefits of free-trade agreements suppose that bangladesh, a relatively poor, agricultural nation with a low level of technological development, has been able to improve its technology since it joined a free-trade agreement. which of the following benefits of international trade describes this free-trade benefit that bangladesh enjoys? lower unit costs through economies of scale increased competition enhanced flow of ideas increased variety of goods bangladesh has been able to improve its technology through imports due to its adherence to a multilateral approach to trade restrictions that has dramatically reduced average tariffs among member nations and is known as the .