: trade based on the unrestricted international exchange of goods with tariffs used only as a source of revenue
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Tariffs have been falling for decades due to free trade agreements.
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China, South Korea and Japan also have huge stakes in each other’s markets and discussions about a potential regional free trade agreement continue.
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In the age of Brexit and Trump, the EU has adopted the pose of free trade’s biggest champion.
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The wider cause of free trade is championed by Europeanist Christian Democrats such as Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Juncker.
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Even Britain, the world’s first great champion of free trade, started off protectionist.
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Pat Buchanan, a speechwriter for Nixon, ran in the 1992 and 1996 primaries on a platform of opposition to immigration, free trade, gay rights and multiculturalism.
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The initial Summit of the Americas in 1994 was all about free trade.
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Nehlen is an extreme outgrowth of Trump’s influence on right-wing politics Among other things, Nehlen is anti-free trade.
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First Known Use of free trade
1766
FREE TRADE Defined for English Language Learners
free trade
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: a system of trade between nations in which there are no special taxes placed on imports
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