Free Trade Zone

In the last decades of the Galactic Republic, the Free Trade Zones were trading areas untaxed by the Republic. The Trade Federation exploited loopholes in the trade legislation to establish an economic monopoly over the zones.Tarkin
Around 32 BBY, the Galactic Senate passed Prop 31-814D, making the Free Trade zones eligible for taxation.Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy The Trade Federation retaliated by invading the remote planet of Naboo with its private droid force, secretly backed up and manipulated by a malevolent Dark Lord of the Sith named Darth Sidious.
==Appearances==
*Queen's Peril 
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*Tarkin 
==Sources==
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*Ultimate Star Wars
*Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
*Rise of the Separatists
*Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
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*Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
*Star Wars: Timelines
==Notes and references==
Category:Finance
Category:Regions
Category:Trade Federation locations