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Recent Examples of free trade
The White House has slapped 25% tariffs on those countries, but most food and agricultural products are exempt from tariffs under the existing USMCA free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
The 76-year-old billionaire called for a free trade zone between the EU and the U.S. — echoing similar comments from Elon Musk — and said the current trade tensions could seriously hurt European industries.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2011, after a four-year delay, the U.S. Congress ratified free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Even with Canada and Great Britain, which negotiated free trade agreements with the U.S. in 1935 and 1938 respectively, there were significant limitations.
—Time, 12 Apr. 2025
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
The 76-year-old billionaire called for a free trade zone between the EU and the U.S. — echoing similar comments from Elon Musk — and said the current trade tensions could seriously hurt European industries.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2025
In 2011, after a four-year delay, the U.S. Congress ratified free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Even with Canada and Great Britain, which negotiated free trade agreements with the U.S. in 1935 and 1938 respectively, there were significant limitations.
—Time, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free trade
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Airlines for America, a group representing American Airlines and other U.S. carriers, in March urged the FAA to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around the airport.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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An Ohio sheriff's deputy working on a traffic detail near the University of Cincinnati was struck and killed Friday by a vehicle driven by the father of a teenager who was shot and killed by authorities a day earlier, police said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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The ad exchange is the world's largest marketplace for bidding on advertising space.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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Many sellers on Amazon’s third-party marketplace, which accounts for more than half the company’s total sales, rely on the world’s second-largest economy to make or assemble their products.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
1 May 2025
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Getting to be a big man on the cellblock — as a writer-director, library cart manager, and facilitator of the flow of goods on the prison black market — just isn’t enough for Modarian, though.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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Poaching networks operate with military-grade precision, fueled by a transnational black market where rhino horn can fetch up to $400,000 per kilogram, a price tag that makes gold look cheap.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Anything less risks reviving the opacity that plagued early social commerce.—
Nizan Geslevich Packin,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Trump enacted the tariffs using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a 1970s law that allows the president to regulate commerce during a national emergency.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Ministers must urgently prioritise this as part of the trade negotiations currently underway.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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The president has invoked the act on the theory that trade imbalances are a national emergency.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Additionally, appropriate pricing strategies can assist in mitigating some of the challenges associated with the gray market.—
Bhavesh Gupta,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Mercenary spyware firms employ highly skilled engineers to either develop in-house or purchase software vulnerabilities from gray market firms, known as exploits or zero days, of which manufacturers of consumer devices and applications are not yet aware.—
Ronald J. Deibert,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Apr. 2025
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The commemorative coins, which include gold and silver busts of Trump, emerged during the 2024 presidential campaign as one of several merchandising ventures Trump profited from -- a list that also included watches, sneakers, bibles and guitars.—
Lucien Bruggeman,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2025
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This is especially true in top-performing retail environments where experience, location and merchandising matter more than footprint.—
Aurele Gouy,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The retailing group was a drag on earnings growth, with a 7.6% decline in pre-tax earnings for the quarter.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Like manufacturing, retailing and other industries, transportation is a prime target for automation.—
Joann Muller,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Free trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free%20trade. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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