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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 123 agreements signed among 23 nations which were planning the International Trade Organization add up to more barter and bilateralism, and, probably, to a reduced flow of goods from country to country.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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