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free trade

noun

  1. trade between countries, free from governmental restrictions or duties.
  2. international trade free from protective duties and subject only to such tariffs as are needed for revenue.
  3. the system, principles, or maintenance of such trade.
  4. Chiefly Scot. smuggling.


free trade

noun

  1. international trade that is free of such government interference as import quotas, export subsidies, protective tariffs, etc Compare protection
  2. archaic.
    illicit trade; smuggling
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free trade

  1. Unrestricted trade among nations without government tariffs or customs duties on imports.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of free trade1

First recorded in 1600–10
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Many US car companies also have operations in Mexico and Canada, set up under the terms of the longstanding free trade agreement between them.

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Europe's biggest economy, Germany, was quick to call out an "unprecedented attack on the international trading system, free trade, and global supply chains".

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Xi is portraying his country as a champion of free trade, a backer of multilateral institutions, and making comparisons with the world's other superpower which is seen as trashing both of these.

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They agreed to speed up talks for free trade agreement - which was first proposed over a decade ago.

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His move breaks with decades of American policy embracing free trade, and analysts said it was likely to lead to higher prices in the US and slower growth in the US and around the world.

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