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internal market

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noun

  1. a system in which goods and services are sold by the provider to a range of purchasers within the same organization, who compete to establish the price of the product

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“We can be victims of U.S. tariffs and AI disruption, or we can lean into structural change, expand our internal market, diversify our trade, embrace new technology and raise our productivity,” Macklem said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

The EU’s executive arm said Tuesday that it is looking into whether Goldwind receives foreign subsidies that distort the bloc’s internal market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The commission said steel exports from Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein wouldn’t be subject to tariff quotas or duties given their close integration with the EU’s internal market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

"That is not only harmful to our economy but a threat to the United Kingdom internal market as a whole," he added.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

The development of an internal market consisting of prosperous farmers, after the American fashion, did not take place.

From Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich

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