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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For most of its history, the G-7 was a club of rich countries that met to coordinate monetary and macroeconomic policies to combat inflation and recession, and to promote free trade.
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Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2025
Until the Trump Administration applied its 10% universal tariff to goods from the country, the Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement had allowed free trade between the two countries since 2004.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
And yet even as an ardent anti-communist, Rand saw free trade as an antidote to the threat of Communist China.
—Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Promoters of free trade have no need to apologize, period.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2025
Until the Trump Administration applied its 10% universal tariff to goods from the country, the Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement had allowed free trade between the two countries since 2004.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
And yet even as an ardent anti-communist, Rand saw free trade as an antidote to the threat of Communist China.
—Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Promoters of free trade have no need to apologize, period.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for free trade
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“Free trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20trade. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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