free trade

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Recent Examples of free trade This arrangement brings partial relief from the trade tensions but remains far from free trade. Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 The Trump tariffs shocked the emerging economies, which have benefitted considerably from free trade and globalization over past three or four decades. Devashish Mitra, Time, 28 July 2025 His comments came on the day India and the United Kingdom finalized their free trade agreement. Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 25 July 2025 Recto stopped short of revealing which products would potentially be part of the concessions, but said Manila is pushing for a possible free trade agreement with the US. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for free trade
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Noun
  • On October 7, 2023, I was called to duty to manage traffic so that first responders and military could respond swiftly to the atrocities that took place.
    Eyal Shamir, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • That incident had effectively closed off traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore for more than two months, forcing vessels to reroute instead to other East Coast ports including the Ports of New York & New Jersey, the Port of Virginia and the Port of Philadelphia.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • Forbes’ methodology and assessment process was designed by an editorial team with broad experience in law practice and knowledge of the legal marketplace.
    Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Frederiksen said innovation and applied technology catered to the strength of the university’s traditional portfolio and what the marketplace is looking for.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The movie, filmed in 2022, follows the story of a waitress and military veteran seeking a rare Lakota Ghost shirt, which has fallen onto the black market in a small town.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The soldier who diverted it to the black market was never identified.
    Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
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  • That’s why the first phase of the AI commerce wars has been defined less by mass adoption — and more by defensive moves to block competitors from building better agents.
    Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Lisa Aiken, senior vice president of commerce at Condé Nast Sleep Number mattresses are lauded for their adjustable nature, and the i8 is a smart bed that also happens to help keep you from overheating thanks to its ceramic gel layer.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • President Donald Trump just enacted a new wave of tariffs on dozens of America’s trading partners, marking a substantial escalation in ongoing trade tensions that could constitute the biggest change to the global economy in nearly a century.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Other notable happenings in the Physical AI space include: In the midst of U.S. sanctions and a trade war, the Chinese government is investing heavily in creating an invention ecosystem around physical AI.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Existing in somewhat of a gray market in Maryland over the past several years, local hemp businesses have been able to grow, process and sell their products without the need for a cannabis license.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2025
  • You shouldn’t be worried as long as the filler is FDA-approved, purchased from a legitimate source (not gray market) and injected by a qualified professional.
    Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
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  • Filling this gap in the licensed sports merchandising market was also a way to inspire new generations of viewers with a trendy take on game-day apparel.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2025
  • As of Friday's close, shares of American Eagle were down more than 27% so far this year as the company grapples with larger macroeconomic concerns related to tariffs, consumer spending and its own merchandising missteps.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The retailing group saw a turnaround in earnings growth, with a 11.9% increase in pretax earnings for the quarter.
    Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The results were impacted by a decline in insurance underwriting, while railroad, energy, manufacturing, service and retailing all saw higher profits from a year ago.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025

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