free trade
trade between countries, free from governmental restrictions or duties.
international trade free from protective duties and subject only to such tariffs as are needed for revenue.
the system, principles, or maintenance of such trade.
Chiefly Scot. smuggling.
Origin of free trade
1Other words from free trade
- free-trade, adjective
- prefree-trade, adjective
Words Nearby free trade
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How to use free trade in a sentence
Now it could show the Western hemisphere what a future digital free trade zone might look like.
The three nations are ahead of the curve as digital economies and could lay out a blueprint for a free trade zone specifically for online commerce.
Following years of preparation, and a pandemic postponement from its original start date in mid-2019, the world will welcome the largest free trade area since the development of the World Trade Organization, by number of participating countries.
The world’s largest free trade area starts up on Jan. 1, 2021 | Amanda Shendruk | December 31, 2020 | QuartzChilean wine is subject to a 0% tariff in China, thanks to a free trade agreement signed in 2005 that gradually reduced tariffs on wine to nothing in 2015.
Australia’s ‘approachable’ wine won over China’s middle class. Then came the tariffs | eamonbarrett | December 7, 2020 | FortuneThe UK says this can be solved by a regular, old-school-style free trade agreement, like the one Canada has with the EU.
The EU and the UK still haven’t reached a post-Brexit agreement. What’s next? | Jen Kirby | October 16, 2020 | Vox
The agreement would have established free trade and political cooperation and put Ukraine on the road to EU membership.
On the Democratic side of the ledger antipathy towards free trade is presumed and, by now, historic.
Obama Wants to Fight Income Inequality…With More Free Trade? | Lloyd Green | January 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMost companies want expanded free-trade deals and tort reform.
Mystery Solved: Here’s Why Big Business Keeps Supporting Republicans Even as Republicans Destroy the Economy | Daniel Gross | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe new guidelines do not impinge on the free-trade agreement or other agreements governing cultural and sports exchanges.
Business Is Personal: Why the EU's New Guidelines Could Hurt Israel's Economy | Bernard Avishai | July 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLast term, he got Congress to approve new free trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.
America’s Economy Is Outperforming Rivals Because the U.S. Is Excelling at Globalization | Robert Shapiro | June 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe doctrine of international free trade, albeit the most conspicuous of its applications, was but one case under the general law.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe doctrines of free trade are of very recent growth; the data on which its laws are founded are few, and also uncertain.
Cobdenites ascribe every known or imagined improvement in commerce, and the condition of the masses, to free trade.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordEngland has sinned against India by forcing free trade upon her.
Third class in Indian railways | Mahatma GandhiIn the Liberal campaign on behalf of free trade the real leader, however, was Mr Asquith.
British Dictionary definitions for free trade
international trade that is free of such government interference as import quotas, export subsidies, protective tariffs, etc: Compare protection (def. 3)
archaic illicit trade; smuggling
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Cultural definitions for free trade
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