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Recent Examples of free trade
Human and workers’ rights, environmental protections, child labor laws, and community standards are general impediments to the profit motives inherent in multilateral free trade agreements.
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Currently, Mexico faces 25 percent duties on goods that don’t meet USMCA rules of origin, while Canada faces 35 percent duties on goods not covered by the free trade agreement.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025
The trio of nations are also set to review the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement next year.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Trump can be seen as a bastion of free trade for the Silicon Valley capitalists, a beacon of white Christian America to the heartland Evangelicals, and a fascist demagogue to the blood and soil nationalists.
—Ryan Broderick, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Currently, Mexico faces 25 percent duties on goods that don’t meet USMCA rules of origin, while Canada faces 35 percent duties on goods not covered by the free trade agreement.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2025
The trio of nations are also set to review the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement next year.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Trump can be seen as a bastion of free trade for the Silicon Valley capitalists, a beacon of white Christian America to the heartland Evangelicals, and a fascist demagogue to the blood and soil nationalists.
—Ryan Broderick, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free trade
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Then, at the next vehicle entrance, the city is proposing a tunnel so bike traffic can move without interacting with cars.—
Amir Mahmoud,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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The credits are available to people who bought health care policies in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Unrest at the Tehran bazaar is particularly unsettling for officials because the shuttering of shops at the ancient marketplace and protests from the merchant class were key elements that led to the overthrow of the monarchy in 1979.—
Henry Austin,
NBC news,
7 Jan. 2026
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In September, Newsom signed a bill to roll back taxes on the legal-cannabis industry, because the regulatory burden has left it struggling to compete with the black market.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Reisman learned that the foreign black market could spin a few pennies’ investment into much more.—
Julien Levy,
Rolling Stone,
27 Dec. 2025
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As a pilgrimage for generations of Colorado families, business owners, workers and visitors, as Coors put it, the Stock Show continues to stand out with its physical fellowship, and not the impersonal commerce, Zoom calls or social media messaging that have taken over business.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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In reality, return challenges are often a symptom of fragmented systems across the entire commerce lifecycle.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Jan. 2026
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The trade association outlined its concerns over consolidation in a statement to a House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, which is holding a hearing on Wednesday on competition in digital streaming.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Sabres run into some significant issues down the lineup — upgrading the fourth line should be among Kekäläinen’s most pressing priorities between now and the trade deadline — but young centre Noah Ostlund has helped give Buffalo’s usually problematic fourth line some connective heft and floor.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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But the size of the gray market may be fundamentally at odds with its viability.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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While marketing software through Telegram isn’t inherently nefarious, researchers say that Haotian’s customer base has increasingly skewed toward scammers who already seek out information about an array of gray market services on the messaging app.—
Matt Burgess,
Wired News,
18 Dec. 2025
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Stranger Things was the first hit produced and fully owned by Netflix — earlier standouts including House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black came from outside studios — and its massive popularity turned it into a lucrative brand and merchandising bonanza for the tech company.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
8 Nov. 2025
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Skims has appointed a new chief merchandising officer.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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The content creator dressed in a stunning array of jewels, a chain-style seashell dress from Paco Rabanne retailing for nearly $4,000, and a metallic purse.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Bergdorf Goodman is considered a crown jewel in retailing, offering the highest order of luxury designer brands and high levels of service.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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