free trade
noun
: trade based on the unrestricted international exchange of goods with tariffs used only as a source of revenue
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Putin noted that bilateral trade could rise to $100 billion and said Russia and India are working toward a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union.
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Currently, Mexico faces 25 percent duties on goods that don’t meet USMCA rules of origin, while Canada faces 35 percent duties on goods not covered by the free trade agreement.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025
Politicians rarely lose votes backing free trade, because the numbers—of voters, donors, and dollars—tilt decisively in its favor.
—Z. John Zhang, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
Trump can be seen as a bastion of free trade for the Silicon Valley capitalists, a beacon of white Christian America to the heartland Evangelicals, and a fascist demagogue to the blood and soil nationalists.
—Ryan Broderick, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Currently, Mexico faces 25 percent duties on goods that don’t meet USMCA rules of origin, while Canada faces 35 percent duties on goods not covered by the free trade agreement.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025
Politicians rarely lose votes backing free trade, because the numbers—of voters, donors, and dollars—tilt decisively in its favor.
—Z. John Zhang, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
Trump can be seen as a bastion of free trade for the Silicon Valley capitalists, a beacon of white Christian America to the heartland Evangelicals, and a fascist demagogue to the blood and soil nationalists.
—Ryan Broderick, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Free trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20trade. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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