trade agreement
noun
1
: an international agreement on conditions of trade in goods and services
2
: an agreement resulting from collective bargaining
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The pairing indicates the president is eager to reach a trade agreement with India.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
If trade agreements are reached with other countries, the administration is prepared to exempt a whole other list of imports from tariffs, including many that can’t be grown or produced domestically.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
After trade agreements flourished in the 1990s, many of those jobs moved abroad.
—Joel Williams, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Before a disruptive technology is widely adopted—or a trade agreement is signed—those who stand to benefit have strong incentives to promise compensation to those who will lose out, in order to secure political buy-in.
—Beatrice Magistro, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2025
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
If trade agreements are reached with other countries, the administration is prepared to exempt a whole other list of imports from tariffs, including many that can’t be grown or produced domestically.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
After trade agreements flourished in the 1990s, many of those jobs moved abroad.
—Joel Williams, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Before a disruptive technology is widely adopted—or a trade agreement is signed—those who stand to benefit have strong incentives to promise compensation to those who will lose out, in order to secure political buy-in.
—Beatrice Magistro, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trade agreement
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“Trade agreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20agreement. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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