trade agreement

noun

1

: an international agreement on conditions of trade in goods and services

2

: an agreement resulting from collective bargaining

Examples of trade agreement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Or countries could simply exclude ISDS provisions from present or future investment treaties, as Canada, Mexico, and the United States did in their 2020 trade agreement. —Jessica F. Green, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025

Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 allows the president to raise tariffs on nations deemed to violate trade agreements. —David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025

Five years later, the latest round of negotiations failed to address any of these issues—or even reach a general trade agreement for that matter. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025

Officials, though, are less confident that a trade agreement discussed in July will be finalized, as the countries remain deadlocked over the details of Seoul’s $350 billion investment pledge. —Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for trade agreement

• disagreement