trade agreement
noun
1
: an international agreement on conditions of trade in goods and services
2
: an agreement resulting from collective bargaining
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Officials would have to conclude the country has violated a trade agreement or engaged in practices that burden US trade in order to impose the tariffs.
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
The threat of such arbitrary tariffs have been a primary tool of economic and diplomatic coercion, used to extract trade agreements in which countries, including allies such as Britain and Japan, accept higher tariffs on their goods.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Macron listed the space industry, nuclear energy, rare earth and critical minerals, aeronautics and high-speed trains as key sectors for partnership with India, and favored a free-trade agreement between New Delhi and the European Union.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
The White House’s pressure has pushed Africa’s biggest economy closer to China — the two recently signed a free-trade agreement — even as Washington is looking to outmuscle Beijing on the continent.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
The threat of such arbitrary tariffs have been a primary tool of economic and diplomatic coercion, used to extract trade agreements in which countries, including allies such as Britain and Japan, accept higher tariffs on their goods.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Macron listed the space industry, nuclear energy, rare earth and critical minerals, aeronautics and high-speed trains as key sectors for partnership with India, and favored a free-trade agreement between New Delhi and the European Union.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
The White House’s pressure has pushed Africa’s biggest economy closer to China — the two recently signed a free-trade agreement — even as Washington is looking to outmuscle Beijing on the continent.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for trade agreement
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