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 United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, for example, is up for joint review by July. Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 10 Dec. 2025 But Europe is one of the strongest continents in the world in terms of economic strength, and that’s manifested in the EU US trade agreement. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025 The country currently faces 10 percent duties across the board, but that rate will jump to 30 percent if an alternative trade agreement isn’t brokered by early November. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hopes the move will lead to a reprieve of US levies on steel and aluminum, while also boosting her country’s standing ahead of next year’s revision of a trilateral trade agreement with the US and Canada. Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trade agreement

Word History

First Known Use

1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of trade agreement was in 1749

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“Trade agreement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20agreement. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.

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