free trade

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Recent Examples of free trade Despite having a free trade agreement with the US since 2012, South Korea has never received a dedicated visa quota, unlike several other FTA partners. Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025 Now, economic nationalism is becoming a much more common refrain than free trade. John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025 And that, of course, included free trade. Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 According to the study, 73% believed that international trade was good for China's overall economy and standard of living, while 60% preferred a policy of global free trade. Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free trade
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Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2025
  • According to the Federal Trade Commission, Bitcoin ATMs are machines that look like a traditional ATM and are often found at convenience stores, gas stations and other high-traffic areas.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The emergence of online marketplaces and persistent demand—especially for products like pangolin scales, rhino horn and ivory—continue to drive the poaching crisis.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The result is a marketplace where first-time and lower-income buyers, often reliant on financing, are outflanked by older, equity-rich, and wealthier competitors.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Once bound for the thriving black market, these cactuses are now contraband.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Rhinos often are poached for their horns, which are sold on the black market as medicine and as a symbol of wealth and status.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • More than 95,000 customers agree on its power, and our commerce director Rachel Fletcher uses it on the regular to clean up pet messes.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The government could not pay its debts, defend the frontier or protect commerce from interference by states and foreign governments.
    Donald Nieman, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This is going to be a focal point right up until the trade deadline.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • However, in August, Carney announced exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This loophole fueled a $28 billion gray market, which states are now slowly dismantling—though some have already moved to regulate the industry.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • New research is shedding light on the inner workings of the multimillion-dollar gray market for video game cheats.
    Lily Hay Newman, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Stapleton’s recent big swings include representing Pophouse Entertainment in its $300 million-plus acquisition of the KISS catalog, including name, image and likeness and merchandising rights.
    Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The exclusive styles were hand-selected by Rick Owens and Yumi Shin, chief merchandising officer at Bergdorf’s.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The ranking is a record of how 18 sectors across the Fortune 500, including financials, health care, and retailing, are utilizing AI to personalize customer experiences, provide groundbreaking data analysis, optimize supply chains, and more.
    John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The online retailing giant was approved for more than 9,000 H-1B visas during fiscal 2024.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025

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