[holistio]

If you're "pro free market, but", you're not pro free market. That's fine, but you might want to reevaluate whether you're actually for it.

[lokar]

Free markets can have strong rules. No other than Adam Smith said they are needed.

[hilariously]

I would even go further and say that the term really has to be almost "equal" - equal access, equal rules, equal legislation or the market isn't really free.

[s_dev]

The US and China have standards as well and bodies to regulate them. Regulation vs Free Market debate isn't a binary issue and is a spectrum.