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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Over the past five months, Trump announced eight trade agreements.
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
The purchase led to a formal trade agreement, and the Soviets began buying billions of dollars’ worth of corn and other grains.
—Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
While the European Union and the U.K. have already negotiated their own trade agreements, the news sent stocks lower around the world on global growth concerns.
—Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
The president recently announced trade deals that set tariff rates on goods from the European Union and Japan, following smaller trade agreements with Britain, Indonesia and Vietnam.
—Dietrich Knauth, USA Today, 31 July 2025
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
The purchase led to a formal trade agreement, and the Soviets began buying billions of dollars’ worth of corn and other grains.
—Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
While the European Union and the U.K. have already negotiated their own trade agreements, the news sent stocks lower around the world on global growth concerns.
—Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
The president recently announced trade deals that set tariff rates on goods from the European Union and Japan, following smaller trade agreements with Britain, Indonesia and Vietnam.
—Dietrich Knauth, USA Today, 31 July 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 22 Aug. 2025.
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