free trader
noun
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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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
“It’s caveated more than it used to be. It’s tougher to find somebody who would just go out unabashedly and say, ‘I’m a free trader.’
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2018
At a high-level summit promoting the project China’s President Xi Jinping on Sunday portrayed the country as a committed free trader and pledged more than $100 billion in new financing and assistance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2017
Moreover, Mr. Kudlow is an ardent free trader and was openly critical of Mr. Trump’s position on trade during the campaign, even as he enthusiastically backed the candidate.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2016
He was, in fact, a free trader, believed in the policy in force in Great Britain, and opposed every form of protection to American industries.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by John Sherman
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
Gary Cohn, the first chief of Trump’s economic council and an ardent free-trader, resigned after Trump unleashed the first wave of tariffs on March 8 against imported steel and aluminum.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2018
When it comes to trade, Pence is a solid and uncompromising "free-trader."
From US News ● Jul. 15, 2016
Understand you’re a free-trader, supporter of Cobden’s principles, and inclined to go the whole hog.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
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