How can knowledge of Congress and participation in the democratic process help bring us and our local communities greater joy and opportunities?

You are more aware of updated information and informed about current events

Explanation:

Taking part in democratic processes keeps citizens engaged into the country's informative platform such as voting for leaders to represent them, support their idd and their ideas, and the leaders support the citizens interests.

trade regulation is a field of law, often bracketed with antitrust (as in the phrase “antitrust and trade regulation law”), including government regulation of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive business acts or practices. antitrust law is often considered a subset of trade regulation law. franchise and distribution law, consumer protection law, and advertising law are sometimes considered parts of trade regulation law.

in general the theory of economics says that the more open to trade a country is the better   the result for the same country and the whole economies.

in real life countries impose taxes, quotas, etc which is not so good for the economies.

this kind of commercial war between the usa and china is slowing down the growth of the whole world so we can say that it is a draw back of trade regulations. and the free trade agreements are benefits of trade regulations.

it is a better alternative