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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free-trader
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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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“She’s more of a free trader than I am,” said Robert E. Lighthizer, who served as the United States Trade Representative under former President Donald J. Trump.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
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
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
“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
I'm a free trader, but I'm not a Democrat.
From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Garland, Hamlin
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
Mr. Webster entered public life as a pronounced free-trader.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie
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