free trade

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Recent Examples of free trade Large, bipartisan majorities in both chambers approved a free trade agreement with that country in 2011. The Editors, National Review, 10 July 2025 On top of that, at least 40% of the critical minerals used in the battery must come from the U.S. or a country with a U.S. free trade agreement, or from materials recycled in North America. Melanie Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025 Trump announced last week that Mexico and the U.S. plan to extend their current deal (by which the country to the South pays 25-percent tariffs on goods not covered by the free trade agreement), by three months to leave breathing room for further talks. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Aug. 2025 Canberra has not been publicly known to be in trade talks with Washington, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reportedly arguing that Australia’s deficit with the U.S. and its free trade agreement should mean there should be no tariff on Australian imports. Lim Hui Jie,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for free trade
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Noun
  • Acquiring banks should expand initial due diligence to include beneficial ownership verification, adverse media screening and website traffic analysis.
    Rochelle Blease, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Bondi rose quickly through the office ranks, from processing misdemeanor traffic offenses to trying serious felonies.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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
Noun
  • This will require exploring other funding sources, including individual donations, corporate engagement and sponsorships, private grants, events, merchandising, donor advised funds and more to provide balance throughout your fundraising and revenue generation functions.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Before that, Simon held several senior management roles of increasing responsibility at Nike, most recently as vice president and head of global strategy for product, design, merchandising and categories.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 15 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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