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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Perhaps there’s an echo of the debate over free trade.
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Mark Niquette, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
Human and workers’ rights, environmental protections, child labor laws, and community standards are general impediments to the profit motives inherent in multilateral free trade agreements.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Putin noted that bilateral trade could rise to $100 billion and said Russia and India are working toward a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The trio of nations are also set to review the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement next year.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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Mark Niquette, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
Human and workers’ rights, environmental protections, child labor laws, and community standards are general impediments to the profit motives inherent in multilateral free trade agreements.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Putin noted that bilateral trade could rise to $100 billion and said Russia and India are working toward a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The trio of nations are also set to review the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement next year.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Free trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20trade. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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