free trader
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a person who advocates free trade.
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free-tradernouna person who supports or advocates free trade
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a person who supports or advocates free trade
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archaic a smuggler or smuggling vessel
Etymology
Origin of free trader
First recorded in 1690–1700; free trade + -er 1
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Larry Kudlow, a noted free trader who leads the National Economic Council, was undergoing surgery for a hip replacement and was not present for key discussions.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2019
He is also—contrary to Trump as well as some of his rivals in the upcoming primaries, notably Sen. Bernie Sanders—an unabashed free trader.
From Slate ● May 2, 2019
“I’m a free trader; I’m a fair trader,” Barrasso said when pressed by Todd to respond to the threat.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2018
He also calls himself a free trader who wants to eliminate tariffs altogether as well as industry subsidies and non-tariff trade barriers across countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2018
He was opposed to capital punishment, an advocate of temperance, of prison reform, and a zealous free trader.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by George S. Boutwell
Milei is a passionate free-trader, and Argentina is a member of the South American trading bloc Mercosur, which also includes Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
In the beginning, he also spoke and voted as one would expect a free-trader to do.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, a self-described free-trader, also spoke skeptically, saying China’s responses to U.S. trade complaints had been “disappointing” and “unsatisfying.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2018
When it comes to trade, Pence is a solid and uncompromising "free-trader."
From US News ● Jul. 15, 2016
Young, however, was as enthusiastic a free-trader as Smith.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Sir Leslie Stephen
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