common market
noun
: an economic association (as of nations) formed to remove trade barriers among its members
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Countries that refused to play by the rules and pursue balance would be pushed out of the common market and face a high, uniform tariff from all members of the bloc.
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Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2025
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative was also examining common market restrictions on some food imports.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The complaint ignores the fact that a single system and common market involves trade-offs and sharing burdens as well as benefits.
—David Plymyer, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2025
First, both nations could pass a transnational agreement to form a union, like the European Union, meaning each country retains sovereignty and separate citizenship, but allows for free movement, and possibly a common market and defense.
—Talib Visram, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
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Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2025
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative was also examining common market restrictions on some food imports.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The complaint ignores the fact that a single system and common market involves trade-offs and sharing burdens as well as benefits.
—David Plymyer, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2025
First, both nations could pass a transnational agreement to form a union, like the European Union, meaning each country retains sovereignty and separate citizenship, but allows for free movement, and possibly a common market and defense.
—Talib Visram, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for common market
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“Common market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20market. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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