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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Policy-makers shouldn’t let fear of trade with China hinder efforts to expand free trade with Not-China.
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Dominic Pino, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
And Latin America is the one region in the world with which the United States has an existing trade and market advantage, having already inked free trade agreements with 11 countries there.
—Shannon K. O’Neil, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Mulroney forged close ties with the United States through a sweeping free trade agreement.
—Rob Gillies The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2024
With many visas going to frontline healthcare professionals, in 2022, Jamaican citizens were issued more EB-3 or professional employment visas than other countries in North America, outside of Canada and Mexico—both parties to a free trade agreement with the United States.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Vietnam already has a free trade agreement with the European Union.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
That helps explain many of the protesters’ call for Brussels to abandon a potential new free trade deal with farmers in South America, seen as likely to drive down the price of their own crops.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
In a bid to boost the industrial sector and lift exports, the Indian government has sought to sign free trade deals, a move that’s been warmly received around the world.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
No case for a free trade agreement can be made with statistics like these.
—Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2024
Dominic Pino, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
And Latin America is the one region in the world with which the United States has an existing trade and market advantage, having already inked free trade agreements with 11 countries there.
—Shannon K. O’Neil, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Mulroney forged close ties with the United States through a sweeping free trade agreement.
—Rob Gillies The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2024
With many visas going to frontline healthcare professionals, in 2022, Jamaican citizens were issued more EB-3 or professional employment visas than other countries in North America, outside of Canada and Mexico—both parties to a free trade agreement with the United States.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Vietnam already has a free trade agreement with the European Union.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
That helps explain many of the protesters’ call for Brussels to abandon a potential new free trade deal with farmers in South America, seen as likely to drive down the price of their own crops.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
In a bid to boost the industrial sector and lift exports, the Indian government has sought to sign free trade deals, a move that’s been warmly received around the world.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
No case for a free trade agreement can be made with statistics like these.
—Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2024
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