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bilateralism

1 Cultural  
  1. Trade or diplomatic relations between two countries. (See diplomacy and recognition; compare multilateralism and unilateralism.)


bilateralism 2 Cultural  
  1. Trade dealings between two countries.


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Bilateral agreements often create special terms for specific goods traded between two countries.

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New Zealand has long maintained a warm relationship with the United States, but few measures of bilateralism are as meaningful as the one that occurred on Thursday.

From Time • Jan. 3, 2014

Associated with bilateralism is the beginning of cephalization, the evolution of a concentration of nervous tissues and sensory organs in the head of the organism, which is where the organism first encounters its environment.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

The Anglo-American negotiators agreed to do as much as they could to break down bilateralism and expand world markets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until reconstruction is really under way and the present imbalance in trade substantially reduced, a large measure of bilateralism and even of barter will undoubtedly persist.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, most awkwardly, the opening snarl reminded everybody of the ubiquitous bilateralism that Geneva was supposed to suppress�in favor of freer multilateral trade in a world atmosphere of multilateral confidence.

From Time Magazine Archive

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