trade agreement

noun

1
: an international agreement on conditions of trade in goods and services
2
: an agreement resulting from collective bargaining

Examples of trade agreement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Consequently, Washington should use trade agreements to persuade allies and partners to adopt similar approaches to data flows. Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2024 Features Economy & Business Sideline China with Free Trade The U.S. should seek trade agreements for both economic and security reasons. Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 22 Feb. 2024 The magazine’s articles explore multiple angles on issues on which the Bible doesn’t offer clear guidance, such as a global trade agreement or school vouchers. Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 On his first day in office in 2017, Trump withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2024 As a result, new trade agreements could bind the United States to rules that might conflict with evolving domestic priorities. Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023 These smaller countries have sought assistance from the U.S. via trade agreements and military technologies. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2024 Since then, efforts to secure trade agreements have been deemed politically unpopular and have largely been ignored. Dominic Pino, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024 Primarily, Republican policymakers should seek to work around China by crafting bilateral or regional trade agreements with partners also wary of Chinese economic coercion. Gerald F. Seib, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of trade agreement was in 1749

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“Trade agreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20agreement. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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