Definition of free trade
: trade based on the unrestricted international exchange of goods with tariffs used only as a source of revenue
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Yet there is also what some might find a surprisingly consistent view on free trade.
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Other Republicans are more explicitly citing an aversion to rebuking Trump — no matter that his tariffs gore decades of conservative orthodoxy on free trade and are translating to near-term pain for some key constituencies.
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In the ultimate symbol of the American economic elite's divorce from the most onerous moral and practical consequences of Donald Trump's presidency, these men were more appalled by an assault on free trade than the rise of American Nazism.
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In 2016, populist attacks against free trade defined Trump’s political rise.
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Tariff-free trade with Mexico has also brought more investment.
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The pro-free trade Peterson Institute predicted that if other countries impose tariffs, U.S. auto production would fall 4 percent, costing 624,000 U.S. jobs in about one-to-three years.
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But Röttgen derived at least some hope from Trump’s proposal for entirely tariff-free trade among allies.
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But Röttgen derived at least some hope from Trump's proposal for entirely tariff-free trade among allies.
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First Known Use of free trade
1766
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Definition of free trade for English Language Learners
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: a system of trade between nations in which there are no special taxes placed on imports
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